Interrelationship of Pyrogenic Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon (PAH) Contamination in Different Environmental Media

Interrelationships between pyrogenic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) were assessed in air, soil, water, sediment, and tree leaves by using multi-media monitoring data. Concurrent concentration measurements were taken bimonthly for a year for the multi-media at urban and suburban sites. PAH l...

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Published inSensors (Basel, Switzerland) Vol. 9; no. 12; pp. 9582 - 9602
Main Authors Kim, Seung-Kyu, Lee, Dong Soo, Shim, Won Joon, Yim, Un Hyuk, Shin, Yong-Seung
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Switzerland MDPI AG 01.12.2009
Molecular Diversity Preservation International (MDPI)
Subjects
black carbon
Carbon
fugacity ratio
Leaves
multi-media fate
PAHs
partitioning equilibrium
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
Precipitation
R&D
Research & development
Risk assessment
Sediments
Sensors
Stainless steel
Suburban areas
United States > US
South Korea
Han River
partitioning equilibrium
multi-media fate
PAHs
fugacity ratio
black carbon
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Summary:Interrelationships between pyrogenic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) were assessed in air, soil, water, sediment, and tree leaves by using multi-media monitoring data. Concurrent concentration measurements were taken bimonthly for a year for the multi-media at urban and suburban sites. PAH level correlations between air and other media were observed at the urban site but were less clear at the suburban site. Considering a closer PAHs distribution/fate characteristics to soil than suspended solids, contamination in sediment seemed to be governed primarily by that in soil. The partitioning of PAHs in waters could be better accounted for by sorption onto black carbon and dissolved organic carbon.
ISSN:1424-8220
1424-8220
DOI:10.3390/s91209582