Determination of oil and grease, total petroleum hydrocarbons and volatile aromatic compounds in soil and sediment samples

Journal of Environmental Engineering and Landscape Management

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 163-169

  Rauckyte, Teresa ^a   Zak, Sławomir ^a   Pawlak, Zenon ^b,c   Oloyede, Adekunle ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b Tribochemistry Consulting   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS   (Czech Republic)

^d QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Oil grease; Soil sediment; Total petroleum hydrocarbons; Volatile aromatic compounds

Indexed keywords

GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GAS GENERATORS; HEXANE; IONIZATION OF GASES; NAPHTHALENE; PETROLEUM CHEMISTRY; SOIL POLLUTION; SOILS; TOLUENE;

BENZENE , TOLUENE , ETHYLBENZENE , AND XYLENES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-FLAME IONIZATION DETECTORS; OIL/GREASE; PETROLEUM-CONTAMINATED SOIL; SOIL/SEDIMENT; TOTAL PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS; VOLATILE AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; VOLATILE ORGANIC FRACTIONS;

AROMATIZATION;

EID: 77958027780     PISSN: 16486897     EISSN: 18224199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3846/jeelm.2010.19     Document Type: Article

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