IDENTIFICATION, QUANTIFICATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF PAC-METABOLITES, HETEROCYCLIC PAC AND SUBSTITUTED PAC IN GROUNDWATER SAMPLES OF TAR-CONTAMINATED SITES FROM GERMANY

• Published in: Polycyclic aromatic compounds Vol. 28; no. 4-5; pp. 320 - 338
• Main Authors: Schlanges, Ina, Meyer, Dietmar, Palm, Wolf-Ulrich, Ruck, Wolfgang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group 11.11.2008
• Subjects: Groundwater; heterocyclic PAC; metabolites; PAC; tar-contaminated sites; Germany, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Stuttgart; Germany

Four tar-contaminated sites in Germany (Lünen, Castrop Rauxel, Stuttgart and Wülknitz) were investigated and 42 polycyclic aromatic compounds (PAC) were detected in significant concentration ranges including polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH), substituted PAC, heterocyclic PAC containing nitroge...