Removal of indigenous compounds to determine maximum capacities for adsorption of phenanthrene by sediments
Autor: | Paul C.M. van Noort, Henny van den Heuvel |
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Rok vydání: | 2003 |
Předmět: |
Geologic Sediments
Environmental Engineering Sorbent Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis Inorganic chemistry Tenax chemistry.chemical_compound Adsorption Desorption Environmental Chemistry Soil Pollutants Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons chemistry.chemical_classification Chromatography Chemistry Extraction (chemistry) Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health General Medicine General Chemistry Phenanthrene Phenanthrenes Pollution Solvent Hydrocarbon Models Chemical Thermodynamics |
Zdroj: | Chemosphere. 54(6) |
ISSN: | 0045-6535 |
Popis: | The maximum amounts of phenanthrene that can be adsorbed in both the slowly desorbing domain and the very slowly desorbing domain of two sediments were determined. To this end, native compounds were removed by mild solvent extraction, heating, or extraction by Tenax. Maximum capacities for adsorption of phenanthrene in the very slowly desorbing domain after removal of native compounds by heating the sediments at 300 degrees C for 24 h were comparable to those after extraction with Tenax at 60 degrees C for 13 days. Mild solvent extraction resulted in lower capacities due to incomplete removal of native compounds. For the slowly desorbing domain, heating the sediment or performing mild solvent resulted in maximum capacities for adsorption exceeding those obtained after non-invasive extraction with Tenax. That was taken to indicate alterations of the sorbent by the solvent or high temperature resulting in an overestimation of the maximum capacities for adsorption. It is concluded that for the determination of maximum capacities of adsorption in the very slowly desorbing domain, removal of native compounds by heating at 300 degrees C for 24 h is reliable and practical. However, for the determination of maximum adsorption capacities of the slowly desorbing domain, native compounds have to be removed by a non-invasive technique such as extraction by Tenax. |
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