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PAH (POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS) UPTAKE BY PLANTS: METHODOLOGY AND INITIAL INVESTIGATIONS
Citation:
Coates, J., A. Elzerman, AND A.W. Garrison. PAH (POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS) UPTAKE BY PLANTS: METHODOLOGY AND INITIAL INVESTIGATIONS. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/D-85/036.
Description:
An analytical protocol was developed that allows quantification of 16 PAHs in grain sorghum and fescue grass. Compounds are extracted from the plant stem and foliage by homogenation/solication using acetonitrile as the primary solvent. The extract is cleaned up by solvent partitioning into pentane followed by adsorption chromatography on silicic acid, then analyzed by GC-FID. This method can be used to measure PAH concentrations at the 25 micrograms/kg level in the plant.
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Record Type:DOCUMENT( REPORT )
Product Published Date:05/24/2002
Record Last Revised:04/16/2004
Record ID:
30754