Use of Surfactants to Enhance the Removal of PAHs from Soil

The efficiency of soil remediation is often limited by the low aqueous solubility of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons, PAHs. Surfactants can then be used to enhance the removal of PAHs from soils. The dissolution of pure solid deposit of benzo(a)pyrene, B(a)P, has shown that cationic surfactants are...

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Published inPolycyclic aromatic compounds Vol. 20; no. 1-4; pp. 143 - 154
Main Authors Jeanne-chantal, Dur, Rachel, Rama, Christian, Mougin, Veronique, Chaplain
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Taylor & Francis Group 01.01.2000
Taylor & Francis
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Life Sciences
PAHs
soil
surfactant
PAHs
soil
surfactant
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Summary:The efficiency of soil remediation is often limited by the low aqueous solubility of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons, PAHs. Surfactants can then be used to enhance the removal of PAHs from soils. The dissolution of pure solid deposit of benzo(a)pyrene, B(a)P, has shown that cationic surfactants are the most efficient to increase the aqueous solubility of B(a)P, when compared to neutral or anionic surfactants. In this paper we compare by using soil suspension washings, the efficiency of two surfactants (i) a cationic surfactant, the benzyldimethyl dodecylammonium bromide, BDDA, and (ii) a neutral one, the t-octylphenoxypolyethoxy ethanol, triton X-100. The losses of surfactant, by adsorption on soil or precipitation, were measured together with the release of B(a)P, chosen as a model molecule, representative of all the PAHs. The efficiency of surfactants used in blend was then compared to the efficiency of surfactants alone.
ISSN:1040-6638
1563-5333
DOI:10.1080/10406630008034781