Influence of humic substances on the formation of chlorinated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons during chlorination of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon polluted water

Journal Article · Mon Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1988 · Environ. Sci. Technol.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/es00173a019· OSTI ID:6806167

Johnsen, S; Gribbestad, I S

Chlorinated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) are present at nanogram per liter levels in lake water. Some of these compounds are known to be mutagenic in the Ames Salmonella test. The PAH compounds fluorene, anthracene, fluoranthene, and benzo(a)pyrene were dissolved in lake water with low humus content and in humus water with 9.17 mg of total organic carbon/L, followed by sodium hypochlorite chlorination at different concentrations. Reaction of PAH and formation of chlorinated PAH were measured by cyclohexane extraction of the samples 3 days after chlorination and gas chromatography/mass spectrometry analyses of the extracts. The PAH-chlorine reaction was found to be dependent upon the concentration of free active chlorine in the water, and the presence of humic substances was found to affect the formation of chlorinated PAH. Chlorinated PAH were formed in the lake water samples of fluoranthene and benzo(a)pyrene, but no chlorinated PAH were detected in the presence of humic substances.

• Research Organization: Center for Industrial Research, Oslo (Norway)
• OSTI ID: 6806167
• Journal Information: Environ. Sci. Technol.; (United States), Journal Name: Environ. Sci. Technol.; (United States) Vol. 22:8; ISSN ESTHA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
ANTHRACENE
AROMATICS
BENZOPYRENE
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
CHLORINATED AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
CHLORINATION
CHROMATOGRAPHY
CONDENSED AROMATICS
ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
FLUORENE
GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY
HALOGENATED AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
HALOGENATION
HUMUS
HYDROCARBONS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
MASS SPECTROSCOPY
ORGANIC CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
POLLUTION
SEPARATION PROCESSES
SPECTROSCOPY
SYNTHESIS
WATER
WATER POLLUTION