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RECORD NUMBER: 328 OF 1267| Main Title | Determination of the Fate of Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Natural Water Systems. | |||||||||||
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| Author | McGinnes, Paul R. ; Snoeyink., Vernon L. ; | |||||||||||
| CORP Author | Illinois Univ., Urbana. Water Resources Center. | |||||||||||
| Year Published | 1974 | |||||||||||
| Report Number | UILU-WRC-74-0080 ;WRC-RR-80; OWRR-A-045-ILL; W74-07827 ; OWRR-A-045-ILL(1) | |||||||||||
| Stock Number | PB-232 168 | |||||||||||
| Additional Subjects | Aromatic polycyclic hydrocarbons ; Photolysis ; Hydrosols ; Solvent extraction ; Carcinogens ; Particles ; Particle size ; Reaction kinetics ; Water analysis ; Gas chromatography ; Ultraviolet radiation ; Quinones ; Water pollution ; Benzanthracenes ; Benzopyrenes | |||||||||||
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| Collation | 62p | |||||||||||
| Abstract | The polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons, or PAH, are of current concern as water pollutants and potential health hazards. The presence of PAH in natural water systems was evaluated and an analytical technique for specific PAH was developed. It was found that the PAH are not soluble in water but they either are present as particulate material or as material absorbed on solid surfaces in natural water systems. The photodecomposition of two PAH, 1,2 benzanthracene, or BA, and 3,4 benzpyrene, or BP, was examined. This decomposition is relatively unaffected by water chemistry and will occur under solar radiation and in turbid waters. |