Comparative assessment of coal tars obtained from 10 former manufactured gas plant sites in the Eastern United States

Chemosphere

Volumn 65, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1562-1569

  Brown, Derick G ^a   Gupta, Lovleen ^a   Kim, Tae Hyung ^a   Keith Moo Young, H ^a   Coleman, Andrew J ^b  

^a Lehigh University   (United States)

^b ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coal tar; Manufactured gas plants; Monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Nonaqueous phase liquid; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Raoult's law

Indexed keywords

MANUFACTURED GAS PLANTS; MONOCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID; RAOULT'S LAW;

COAL TAR; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); GROUNDWATER; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NAPHTHALENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

COAL RESEARCH;

COAL TAR; GROUND WATER; NAPHTHALENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON DERIVATIVE;

COAL RESEARCH; COAL TAR; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); GROUNDWATER; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NAPHTHALENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CHEMICAL PROPERTY; COAL TAR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GAS INDUSTRY; GAS PRODUCTION; GROUNDWATER;

ARTICLE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; SAMPLE; UNITED STATES; WATER QUALITY;

COAL TAR; HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; POWER PLANTS; UNITED STATES;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33749052512     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2006.03.068     Document Type: Article

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