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Impact and importance of heterocyclic PAH in remediation: Adsorption of activated carbon

  • Jan Sebastian Mänz
  • , Eric Naumann
  • , Wolf-Ulrich Palm
  • , Wolfgang Ruck
  • , Volker Birke

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearchpeer-review

    Abstract

    Organic pollutants such as policyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (P AH) are found in groundwater of tar-oil contaminated former manufactured gas-plant or coking-plant sites and have been investigated in detail in the past. Tar-oil is often described as dense or light non aqueous phase liquid (DNAPL / LNAPL) and a main part of the water soluble fraction (i.e. solubilities of mg/L up to g/L) consists of polar PAH, N,S,O-heterocyclic compounds and their metabolites. The increased water solubility ofN,S,O-heterocyclic compounds compared to the parent non-polar P AH results in greater mobility and biological uptake with often no decrease in toxicity.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationCLEANUP 3rd International Contaminated Site Remediation Conference : Program and Proceedings
    Number of pages2
    PublisherCRC CARE
    Publication date2009
    Pages15-16
    ISBN (Print)978-1-921431-13-5
    Publication statusPublished - 2009
    Event3rd International Contaminated Site Remediation Conference - 2009 - Cooperative Research Centre for Contamination Assessment and Remediation of the Environment (CRC CARE), Adelaide, Australia
    Duration: 27.09.200930.09.2009
    Conference number: 3
    https://www.sustainabilitymatters.net.au/events/2-9-clean-up-conference--937

    Research areas and keywords

    • Chemistry

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