| Title: | Degradation of C2-C15 volatile organic compounds in a landfill cover soil |
| Author(s): | Tassi F; Montegrossi G; Vaselli O; Liccioli C; Moretti S; Nisi B; |
| Address: | "Department of Earth Sciences, University of Florence, Via G. La Pira, 4, 50121 Florence, Italy. franco.tassi@unifi.it" |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2009.04.022 |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1879-1026 (Electronic) 0048-9697 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "The composition of non-methane volatile organic compounds (hereafter VOCs) in i) the cover soil, at depths of 30, 50 and 70 cm, and ii) gas recovery wells from Case Passerini landfill site, (Florence, Italy) was determined by GC-MS. The study, based on the analysis of interstitial gases sampled along vertical profiles within the cover soil, was aimed to investigate the VOC behaviour as biogas transits from a reducing to a relatively more oxidizing environment. A total of 48 and 63 different VOCs were identified in the soil and well gases, respectively. Aromatics represent the dominant group (71.5% of total VOC) in soil gases, followed by alkanes (6.8%), ketones (5.7%), organic acids (5.2%), aldehydes (3.0%), esters (2.6%), halogenated compounds (2.1%) and terpenes (1.3%). Cyclics, heterocyclics, S-bearing compounds and phenols are |
| Keywords: | Carbon/*analysis/metabolism Carbon Radioisotopes Environmental Restoration and Remediation Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry Oxidation-Reduction *Soil Soil Pollutants/*analysis/chemistry/metabolism Volatile Organic Compounds/*analysis/chemistry/metabol; |
| Notes: | "MedlineTassi, Franco Montegrossi, Giordano Vaselli, Orlando Liccioli, Caterina Moretti, Sandro Nisi, Barbara eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Netherlands 2009/05/19 Sci Total Environ. 2009 Jul 15; 407(15):4513-25. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2009.04.022. Epub 2009 May 14" |
