An improved gravimetric method to determine total petroleum hydrocarbons in contaminated soils

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 194, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 151-161

  Villalobos, Mario ^a   Avila Forcada, Ana Paulina ^b   Gutierrez Ruiz, Margarita Eugenia ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b Instituto Nacional de Ecologia   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Contaminated soils; Gravimetric method; Silica gel; Solvent evaporation; Total petroleum hydrocarbons; Ultrasound extraction

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; COLLOIDS; CONTAMINATION; ENERGY CONSERVATION; GELATION; HEXANE; HYDROCARBONS; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PETROLEUM CHEMISTRY; PETROLEUM REFINERIES; SILICA; SILICA GEL; SOIL POLLUTION; SOILS; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; SOLVENTS; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

CONTAMINATED SOILS; GRAVIMETRIC METHOD; SOLVENT EVAPORATION; TOTAL PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS; ULTRASOUND EXTRACTION;

EXTRACTION;

DIESEL FUEL; HEXANE; HYDROCARBON; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTER; PETROLEUM DERIVATIVE; SILICA GEL; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

ADSORPTION; CALIBRATION; CLEANUP; DESICCATION; EVAPORATION; EXTRACTION METHOD; GEL; GRAVIMETRY; HEATING; ORGANIC MATTER; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON; SILICA; SOIL POLLUTION; ULTRASONICS;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CHROMATOGRAPHY; DESICCATION; EVAPORATION; EXTRACTION; GRAVIMETRY; HEATING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 52149101267     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-008-9704-1     Document Type: Article

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