Potential applications for pyrolysis-GC/MS in bioremediation

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White, DM [1 ]
Irvine, RL [1 ]
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[1] Univ Alaska Fairbanks, Dept Civil & Environm Engn, Fairbanks, AK 99775 USA
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10.1023/A:1005707823140
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X [环境科学、安全科学];
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08 ; 0830 ;
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Preliminary data are presented from a set of experiments designed to promote the use of pyrolysis-GC/MS in bioremediation. Studies were designed to aid researchers in developing a pyrolysis-GC/MS method and identifying how the method could help characterize bioremediation, particularly in organic soils. Since sample size affects the results of pyrolytic analyses, the first experiment demonstrated how an appropriate sample size might be selected for pyrolysis-GC/MS testing. In order to show how quantitative results can be obtained from pyrolysis-GC/MS, a second experiment determined the 'goodness of fit' for a standard curve relating the chromatographic area under a pyrogram to actual mass units. The third experiment investigated ways in which pyrolysis-GC/MS analyses could improve our understanding of bioremediation in organic soils contaminated with crude oil. Experimental results confirmed that differences in analyte mass affect the extent of pyrolytic cracking. In pyrograms of the test soil, the ratio of toluene to total product showed that for a sample mass between 1.8 and 2.0 mg, variability in the cracking pattern was minimized. Unlike deviations outside this range, small deviations within the range did not appreciably effect the toluene ratio. A standard curve was prepared for pyrolytic analyses by plotting the total chromatographic area of all pyrolysis products versus the mass of organic material pyrolyzed. These data were fit with a straight line having an 'R-2, of 0.73. Based on a bench scale bioremediation experiment, preliminary pyrolysis-GC/MS results were used to predict that compounds derived from lignin and carbohydrates would be degraded faster in uncontaminated than contaminated soils. Appreciable degradation of both compounds, however, occurred in contaminated soils. In addition, results suggested that using pyrolysis-GC/MS to quantify the sum of all n-alkanes and the ratio of odd to even chain n-alkanes could help researchers distinguish between the degradation of petroleum and non-petroleum hydrocarbons in contaminated and uncontaminated soils.
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