Laboratory analytical methods for the determination of the hydrocarbon status of soils (a review)
- Authors: Pikovskii Y.I.1, Korotkov L.A.1, Smirnova M.A.1, Kovach R.G.1
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Affiliations:
- Moscow State University
- Issue: Vol 50, No 10 (2017)
- Pages: 1125-1137
- Section: Soil Chemistry
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/1064-2293/article/view/224177
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S1064229317100076
- ID: 224177
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Abstract
Laboratory analytical methods suitable for the determination of the hydrocarbon status of soils (a specific soil characteristic involving information on the total content and qualitative features of soluble (bitumoid) carbonaceous substances and individual hydrocarbons (polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, alkanes, etc.) in bitumoid, as well as the composition and content of hydrocarbon gases) have been considered. Among different physicochemical methods of study, attention is focused on the methods suitable for the wide use. Luminescence-bituminological analysis, low-temperature spectrofluorimetry (Shpolskii spectroscopy), infrared (IR) spectroscopy, gas chromatography, chromatography–mass spectrometry, and some other methods have been characterized, as well as sample preparation features. Advantages and limitations of each of these methods are described; their efficiency, instrumental complexity, analysis duration, and accuracy are assessed.
About the authors
Yu. I. Pikovskii
Moscow State University
Author for correspondence.
Email: lumlab@yandex.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow, 119991
L. A. Korotkov
Moscow State University
Email: lumlab@yandex.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow, 119991
M. A. Smirnova
Moscow State University
Email: lumlab@yandex.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow, 119991
R. G. Kovach
Moscow State University
Email: lumlab@yandex.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow, 119991
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