TY - GEN
T1 - Characterization of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and engineered nanomaterial in surface water environment
AU - Bathi, Jejal
AU - Clark, Shirley E.
AU - Tareq, Syed
AU - Roy, Shuvashish
AU - Gadhamshetty, Venkata R.
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors acknowledge the support of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Research reported in this publication was supported by the 2019 Center of Excellence for Applied Computational Science and Engineering competition.
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Copyright 2020 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - A vast number of synthetic organic and inorganic chemicals are constantly being developed for industrial, domestic, and agricultural applications. Some of these chemicals present adverse health effects, even at trace levels. Such chemicals when introduced to environmental subsystems including surface water are termed as contaminants of concern. Examples include polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and engineered nanomaterials (ENMs). While PAHs have been detected in significant quantities in marine sediments, their presence in fresh surface water system sediments is yet to be established. Furthermore, there is lack of cohesive research effort aimed at characterizing the ENMs in surface waters. This can be due to the lack of analytical techniques for characterizing ECCs in surface water environmental samples. The current study introduces thermal desorption extraction techniques for characterizing PAHs in urban creek sediments creeks. The study suggests potential use of the approach characterizing ENMs.
AB - A vast number of synthetic organic and inorganic chemicals are constantly being developed for industrial, domestic, and agricultural applications. Some of these chemicals present adverse health effects, even at trace levels. Such chemicals when introduced to environmental subsystems including surface water are termed as contaminants of concern. Examples include polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and engineered nanomaterials (ENMs). While PAHs have been detected in significant quantities in marine sediments, their presence in fresh surface water system sediments is yet to be established. Furthermore, there is lack of cohesive research effort aimed at characterizing the ENMs in surface waters. This can be due to the lack of analytical techniques for characterizing ECCs in surface water environmental samples. The current study introduces thermal desorption extraction techniques for characterizing PAHs in urban creek sediments creeks. The study suggests potential use of the approach characterizing ENMs.
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U2 - 10.1061/9780784482360.018
DO - 10.1061/9780784482360.018
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85067299084
T3 - World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2019: Water, Wastewater, and Stormwater; Urban Water Resources; and Municipal Water Infrastructure - Selected Papers from the World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2019
SP - 173
EP - 183
BT - World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2019
A2 - Scott, Gregory F.
A2 - Hamilton, William
PB - American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
T2 - 19th World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2019: Water, Wastewater, and Stormwater; Urban Water Resources; and Municipal Water Infrastructure
Y2 - 19 May 2019 through 23 May 2019
ER -