Physicochemical characteriation of residual mineral oil contaminats in bioremediated soil

摘要

After bioremediation of mineral oil-contaminated soils, residual contaminants can remain in the soils. In this article, an analytical concept to determine the physiochemical properties of residual contaminants that can be used to assess the environ- mental fate and potential environmental hazards of these chemicals is presented and discussed. This concept can serve as a tool to characterize unknown compounds within a complex mixture on the basis of basic analytical data. The volatility of the residual contaminants was determined by headspace analyses, but no volatile organic compounds (with a boiling point of <280 deg.C) were present.