Gas chromatographic analysis of trace hydrocarbon pollutants in water samples
- 1 January 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in International Journal of Environmental Studies
- Vol. 15 (1) , 25-32
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00207238008737420
Abstract
A stripping technique has been used to cencentrate selected hydrocarbons present in water samples at the parts per billion level for analysis by gas chromatography. The chromatograms of hydrocarbons thus stripped from several different water samples show similarities. Washing out of atmospheric pollutants by rainfall is postulated as an explanation of these results. This hypothesis is supported by a comparison of the data with those for trace atmospheric analysis. The comparison shows that the same compounds are present in similar relative amounts both in water samples and the atmosphere. After a period of rain the atmospheric concentrations decrease whilst the water bound concentrations increase.This publication has 8 references indexed in Scilit:
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