Structural Selectivity of PAH Removal Processes in Soil, and the Effect of Metal Co-Contaminants
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Relationship between PAH Relative Molar Mass and % Removal
3.2. Effect of Microcosm Incubation Time on ‘m’
3.3. Effect of Metal Co-Contaminant Concentration on ‘m’
3.4. Significance and Application of ‘m’
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Name, RMM and Initial Concentration (mg kg−1) in Microcosms | Structure | Name, RMM and Initial Concentration (mg kg−1) in Microcosms | Structure |
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Naphthalene 128.17 3.28 ± 0.63 | Benzo[a]anthracene 228.29 167.9 ± 25.9 | ||
Acenaphthylene 152.19 1.44 ± 0.23 | Chrysene 228.29 196.1 ± 33.3 | ||
Acenaphthene 154.21 7.75 ± 1.92 | Benzo[b]fluoranthene 252.31 324.7 ± 55.5 | ||
Fluorene 166.22 9.53 ± 1.63 | Benzo[k]fluoranthene 252.31 138.1 ± 20.1 | ||
Phenanthrene 178.23 93.43 ± 15.08 | Benzo[a]pyrene 252.31 254.9 ± 40.12 | ||
Anthracene 178.23 27.56 ± 4.12 | Indeno[1,2,3-cd]pyrene 276.33 246.31 ± 43.1 | ||
Fluoranthene 202.25 217.6 ± 35.6 | Dibenzo[a,h]anthracene 278.34 105.4 ± 17.9 | ||
Pyrene 202.25 187.8 ± 31.5 | Benzo[g,h,i]perylene 276.33 184.5 ± 31.8 |
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Deary, M.E.; Ekumankama, C.C.; Cummings, S.P. Structural Selectivity of PAH Removal Processes in Soil, and the Effect of Metal Co-Contaminants. Environments 2022, 9, 23. https://doi.org/10.3390/environments9020023
Deary ME, Ekumankama CC, Cummings SP. Structural Selectivity of PAH Removal Processes in Soil, and the Effect of Metal Co-Contaminants. Environments. 2022; 9(2):23. https://doi.org/10.3390/environments9020023
Chicago/Turabian StyleDeary, Michael E., Chinedu C. Ekumankama, and Stephen P. Cummings. 2022. "Structural Selectivity of PAH Removal Processes in Soil, and the Effect of Metal Co-Contaminants" Environments 9, no. 2: 23. https://doi.org/10.3390/environments9020023