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Degradation of poly...
Degradation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in contaminated soils by Fenton's reagent : a multivariate evaluation of the importance of soil characteristics and PAH properties
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- Jonsson, Sofia, 1973- (author)
- Umeå universitet,Kemiska institutionen
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- Persson, Ylva (author)
- Umeå universitet,Kemiska institutionen
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Frankki, Sofia (author)
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- van Bavel, Bert (author)
- Örebro universitet,Institutionen för naturvetenskap,MTM
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- Lundstedt, Staffan (author)
- Umeå universitet,Kemiska institutionen
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- Haglund, Peter (author)
- Umeå universitet,Kemiska institutionen
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- Tysklind, Mats (author)
- Umeå universitet,Kemiska institutionen
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- Elsevier BV, 2007
- 2007
- English.
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In: Journal of Hazardous Materials. - : Elsevier BV. - 0304-3894 .- 1873-3336. ; 149:1, s. 86-96
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Abstract
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- In this study, we investigated how the chemical degradability of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in aged soil samples from various contaminated sites is influenced by soil characteristics and by PAH physico-chemical properties. The results were evaluated using the multivariate statistical tool, partial least squares projections to latent structures (PLS). The PAH-contaminated soil samples were characterised (by pH, conductivity, organic matter content, oxide content, particle size, specific surface area, and the time elapsed since the contamination events, i.e. age), and subjected to relatively mild, slurry-phase Fenton's reaction conditions. In general, low molecular weight PAHs were degraded to a greater extent than large, highly hydrophobic variants. Anthracene, benzo(a)pyrene, and pyrene were more susceptible to degradation than other, structurally similar, PAHs; an effect attributed to the known susceptibility of these compounds to reactions with hydroxyl radicals. The presence of organic matter and the specific surface area of the soil were clearly negatively correlated with the degradation of bi- and tri-cyclic PAHs, whereas the amount of degraded organic matter correlated positively with the degradation of PAHs with five or six fused rings. This was explained by enhanced availability of the larger PAHs, which were released from the organic matter as it degraded. Our study shows that sorption of PAHs is influenced by a combination of soil characteristics and physico-chemical properties of individual PAHs. Multivariate statistical tools have great potential for assessing the relative importance of these parameters.
Subject headings
- NATURVETENSKAP -- Geovetenskap och miljövetenskap -- Miljövetenskap (hsv//swe)
- NATURAL SCIENCES -- Earth and Related Environmental Sciences -- Environmental Sciences (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- NATURAL SCIENCES
- NATURVETENSKAP
- Environmental chemistry
- Miljökemi
- Chemistry
- Kemi
- Soil remediation
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- ref (subject category)
- art (subject category)
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