Quantitative Analysis of C6-9 Aromatic Hydrocarbons by Infrared Spectrophotometry

Quantitative Analysis of Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Complex Hydrocarbon Mixtures by High Resolution Capillary Gas Chromatography

Natural and synthetic hydrocarbon mixtures are complex samples containing hundreds of different aliphatic and aromatic components in widely differing concentrations. The number of components depends on a group-type composition and the range and distribution of boiling points of the components present in the mixture . Hydrocarbon mixtures are characterised in two ways, by structural group analys...

Paraffinoma confirmed by infrared spectrophotometry.

Biodegradation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons by Pseudomonas species

Biodegradation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, toxic compounds widely distributed in the environment by bacteria, is a cheap and safe cleaning up method. The present study attempts to isolate and characterize dioxygenase-producing bacteria which are able to degrade phenanthrene and pyrene from refinery soils. It also aims to assess in vitro biodegradation. To do so, two contaminated soil s...

Biodegradation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons by Pseudomonas species

Biodegradation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, toxic compounds widely distributed in the environment by bacteria, is a cheap and safe cleaning up method. The present study attempts to isolate and characterize dioxygenase-producing bacteria which are able to degrade phenanthrene and pyrene from refinery soils. It also aims to assess in vitro biodegradation. To do so, two contaminated soil s...

Infrared cavity ringdown spectroscopy of jet-cooled polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.

Infrared absorption spectra of the CH stretching region were observed for naphthalene, anthracene, phenanthrene, pyrene, and perylene using a heated, supersonic, slit-jet source and cavity ringdown spectroscopy. Band positions and intensities recorded with 0.2-cm-1 resolution were compared with previous gas-phase and argon matrix isolation experiments, as well as theoretical calculations. The l...