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Environ Toxicol Chem

Title:		"The use of coarse, separable, condensed-phase organic carbon particles to characterize desorption resistance of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in contaminated sediments"
Author(s):		Chai Y; Kochetkov A; Reible DD;
Address:		"Toxicology and Environmental Research and Consulting, The Dow Chemical Company, Midland, Michigan 48674, USA"
Journal Title:		Environ Toxicol Chem
Year:		2007
Volume:		26
Issue:		7
Page Number:		1380 - 1385
DOI:		10.1897/06-003.1
ISSN/ISBN:		0730-7268 (Print) 0730-7268 (Linking)
Abstract:		"Physical separations were employed to characterize the source of desorption-resistant behavior for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in laboratory- and field-contaminated sediments. Size and density separation of laboratory-contaminated sediments did not effectively separate the amorphous-phase (volatile) and condensed-phase (nonvolatile) organic carbon as measured by thermal oxidation at 375 degrees C. These separations also did not result in sediment fractions with significantly different desorption characteristics as measured by apparent partition coefficients. Coarse particles from a field-contaminated sediment from Utica Harbor (UH; Utica, NY, USA), however, could be directly separated into sandy fractions and organic fractions that were composed of woody organic matter, charcoal or charred vegetative matter, and coal-like and coal-cinder particles. Chemical analysis showed that coal-like (glassy, nonporous) and coal-cinder (porous, sintered) particles exhibited very high PAH concentrations and high apparent partition coefficients. These particles also exhibited significantly higher condensed-phase (nonvolatile) organic carbon contents as defined by thermal oxidation at 375 degrees C. The apparent partition coefficients of PAHs in the coal-cinder particles were a good indication of the apparent partition coefficients in the desorption-resistant fraction of UH sediment, indicating that the coarse particles provided a reasonable characterization of the desorption-resistance phenomena in these sediments even though the coarse fractions represented less than 25% of the organic carbon in the whole sediment"
Keywords:		"Carbon/*chemistry Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid Geologic Sediments/*chemistry Polycyclic Compounds/*chemistry;"
Notes:		"MedlineChai, Yunzhou Kochetkov, Alexander Reible, Danny D eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. 2007/08/02 Environ Toxicol Chem. 2007 Jul; 26(7):1380-5. doi: 10.1897/06-003.1"