Aromatic hydrocarbons, soils

The performance of microwave-assisted decomposition of most difficult samples of organic and inorganic natures in combination with the microwave-assisted solution preconcentration is illustrated by sample preparation of carbon-containing matrices followed by atomic spectroscopy determination of noble metals. Microwave-assisted extraction of most dangerous contaminants, in particular, pesticides and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, from soils have been developed and successfully used in combination with polarization fluoroimmunoassay (FPIA) and fluorescence detection. 

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Andersson BE, S Lundstedt, K Tornberg, Y Schniirer, LG Oberg, B Mattiasson (2003) Incomplete degradation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in soil inoculated with wood-rotting fungi and their effect on the indigenous soil bacteria. Environ Toxicol Chem 22 1238-1243. 

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Madsen T, P Kristensen (1997) Effects of bacterial inoculation and nonionic surfactants on degradation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in soil. Environ Toxicol Chem 16 631-637. 

Potin O, C Rafin, E Veignie (2004) Bioremediation of an aged polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)-contaminated soil by filamentous fungi isolated from the soil. Int Biodet Biodeg 54 45-52. 

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D Annibale A, F Rosetto, F Federici, M Petruccioli (2006) Role of autochthonous filamentous fungi in bioremediation of a soil historically contaminated with aromatic hydrocarbons. Appl Environ Microbiol 72 28-36. 

Baldrian, P., der Wiesche, C., Gabriel, J., Nerud, E, and Zadrazil, F., Influence of cadmium and mercury on activities of ligninolytic enzymes and degradation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons by Pleurotus ostreatus in soil, Appl Environ Microbiol, 66 (6), 2471-2478, 2000. 

Bioventing technology was developed by the U.S. EPA Risk Reduction Engineering Laboratory to treat soil contaminated by numerous industrial wastes, which is subjected to aerobic microbial degradation, especially to promote the degradation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.65 It uses a series of air injection probes, each of which is attached to a low-pressure air pump. The air pump operates at extremely low pressures to allow the inflow of oxygen without volatilization of contaminants. Additional additives such as ozone or nutrients may also be supplied to stimulate microbial growth.77... 

Examples of the need for multimedia models are found in contemporary problem areas. Polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons and metals are emitted into the atmosphere as trace impurities with the products of coal combustion. The organics have low vapor pressure and partially condense on emitted particulates in a stack plume. The particulates are transferred to the soil by dry deposition, rainout or washout. The metals manifest... 

Table 1 Concentrations of chlorinated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (CIPAHs), polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), polybrominated biphenyls (PBBs), polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans (PCDD/Fs), and polybrominated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans (PBDD/Fs) in ambient air, soil, and human samples collected from e-waste recycling and reference sites in China... 

Mangas E, Vaquero MT, Comllas L, Broto-Puig F (1998) Analysis and fate of aliphatic hydrocarbons, linear alkylbenzenes, polychlorinated biphenyls and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in sewage sludge-amended soils. Chemosphere 36 61-72... 

Chemicals degraded by WRF include pesticides such as organochlorines DDT and its very toxic metabolite DDE [8, 9] and organophosphate pesticides such as chlorpyrifos, fonofos and terbufos [10] polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) of different degrees of chlorine substitution [11-13], some even to mineralization [14, 15] diverse polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in liquid media and from contaminated soils or in complex mixtures such as creosote [16-18] components of munition wastes including TNT and its metabolites DNT [19-23], nitroglycerin [24] and RDX [25]. 

Chiou C, McGrody S, Kile D (1998) Partition characteristics of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons on soils and sediments. Environ Sci Technol 1998 264-269... 

TABLE 3.2.3 Suggested half-life classes of mononuclear aromatic hydrocarbons in various environmental compartments at 25 °C Air Water Soil Sediment Compound class class class class ... 

Szabo, G., Guczi, J., Bulman, R.A. (1995) Examination of silica-salicylic acid and silica-8-hydroxyquinoline HPLC stationary phases for estimation of the adsorption coefficient of soil for some aromatic hydrocarbons. Chemosphere 30, 1717-1727. 

Bulman, T.L., Lesage, S., Fowlie, P., Webber, M.D. (1987) The fate of polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons in soil. In Oil in Fresh Water Chemistry, Biology, Countermeasure Technology. Vandermeulan, J.H., Hurley, S.E., Editors, Pergamon Press, New York. 

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