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    STUDIA CHEMIA - Issue no. 3 / 2010  
         
  Article:   DETERMINATION OF TOTAL PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS IN CONTAMINATED SOIL BY FTIR AND GC-FID METHODS.

Authors:  MIRELA MICLEAN, ERIKA LEVEI, ADRIANA GOG, LUDOVIC FERENCZI, CORNELIA MAJDIK, CARMEN PUIA, CECILIA ROMAN. 		 
       
         
  Abstract:  

This paper presents the results obtained for total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPH) in contaminated soil by two methods: one based on conventional extraction with 1,1,2-trichloro-1,2,2-trifluroethane and determination by Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometry (FTIR) and the other based on ultrasonic extraction with a mixture of hexane and acetone followed by determination using gas chromatography with flame ionization detection (GC-FID). In general, TPH concentrations in soil measured with FTIR were higher than those measured with GC-FID. The obtained TPH concentrations exceeded the intervention level for non-sensitive soils, according to Romanian legislation.

Keywords: TPH, soil, GC-FID, FTIR

 
         
     
         
         
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