Acta Periodica Technologica (Jan 2005)

Determination of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in soil by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry

  • Kravić Snežana Ž.,
  • Marjanović Nikola J.,
  • Pucarević Mira M.,
  • Suturović Zvonimir J.,
  • Švarc-Gajić Jaroslava V.

DOI
https://doi.org/10.2298/APT0536099K
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2005, no. 36
pp. 99 – 109

Abstract

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Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) were determined in soil samples from forty different locations in Vojvodina. The samples were Soxhlet extracted cleaned-up and analyzed using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) in the selected ion monitoring mode (SIM). Each PAH was separately quantified using an eight-point calibration of mixed standard solutions in the range between 0.25 and 10 μg/cm3. The sum of the 16 US Environmental Protection Agency PAHs analyzed in the soil samples varied from 0.043 to 1.362 mg/kg of dry soil.

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