Extraction Characteristics and Quantitational Methods for Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons in Soil

  • Jeon, Chi-Wan (Korea Institute of Geoscience & Mineral Resources) ;
  • Lee, Jung-Hwa (Korea Institute of Geoscience & Mineral Resources) ;
  • Song, Kyung-Sun (Korea Institute of Geoscience & Mineral Resources) ;
  • Lee, Sang-Hak (Department of Chemistry, Kyungpook National University) ;
  • Lee, Jung-Min (Department of Chemistry, Kyungpook National University)
  • Published : 2003.11.01

Abstract

Quantitation methods of total petroleum hydrocarbons to determinate oil contaminated level in soil were discussed. Extraction characteristics of several pretreatment methods and practical detection limit and reappearances in gas chromatography/mass spectrometry. with each pretreatment method were investigated. The obtained results showed that the newly adopted quantitation method and mechanical shaking extraction method using methanol with extraction solvent are more practical and applicable to real sample than the conventional methods. In applying these methods to gasoline, kerosene, fuel oil which are major source of soil contamination, the practical quantitation limit and % relative standard deviation was able to determine with range of 2.5 - 10 ppm, 5 - 7 %.

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