Simplified Scheme for the Analysis of Pollutants in Groundwater and Leachates Contaminated by Hazardous Chemicals

摘要

The overall objective of the research was the development of a solvent-based separation procedure for the fractionation of organic pollutants from a hazardous waste source in water into hydrophilic; insoluble (suspended); and organophilic acid, base, and neutral fractions. The fractions may be characterized at the simplest level by dissolved organic carbon analysis, leaving open the option for more sophisticated gas chromatographic and gas chromatographic/mass spectrometric analysis. The separation and analysis procedures have been proved on a variety of organic compounds obtained as by-products of underground coal gasification.