GC/MS Analysis of Polyaromatic Hydrocarbons in Sediment Samples from the Niger Delta Region
| dc.contributor.author | Ogah, Celina | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-09-16T10:46:32Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2021-09-16T10:46:32Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2005-02 | |
| dc.description | Scholarly articles | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Thirteen sediment samples from different locations in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria were analyzed for the presence of 16 polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) via gas chromatography/mass spectrometry. The specific target compounds for this study included naphthalene, acenaphthylene, acenaphthene, flourene, phenanthrene, anthracene, flouranthene, pyrene, benz[a]anthracene, chrysene, benzo[b]fluoranthene, benzo[k]flouranthene, benzo[a]pyrene, benzo[ghi]perylene, dibenz[a,h]anthracene, and indeno[1,2,3-cd]pyrene. Four isotopically labeled polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (acanaphthene-d10, phenanthrene-d10, chrysene-d12 and perylene-d12) were used for internal standardization. All 16 PAHs were found in most of the thirteen samples with concentration ranging from 0.1 lg/kg to 28 lg/kg. It was also found that the 5 and 6-ring PAHs were present in higher concentrations than all the other compounds, indicating their high resistance to microbial degradation. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Chemosphere; 60: 990-997. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://ir.unilag.edu.ng/handle/123456789/9569 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Elsevier Ltd | en_US |
| dc.subject | Polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons | en_US |
| dc.subject | Niger Delta | en_US |
| dc.subject | Microbial degradation | en_US |
| dc.subject | Naphthalene | en_US |
| dc.subject | Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry | en_US |
| dc.subject | Research Subject Categories::PHARMACY | en_US |
| dc.title | GC/MS Analysis of Polyaromatic Hydrocarbons in Sediment Samples from the Niger Delta Region | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |