Journal
WATER AIR AND SOIL POLLUTION
Volume 172, Issue 1-4, Pages 151-166Publisher
SPRINGER INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHING AG
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-005-9067-9
Keywords
nonylphenol; bisphenol A; partitioning; river water; suspended particles
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Nonylphenol (NP), nonylphenol mono- and di-ethoxylate (NP1EO, NP2EO) and bisphenol A (BPA) were determined in water, suspended particulate matter (s.p.m.) and bed sediment collected from the most polluted stretch of Tiber river (Italy) in the neighbourhood of Rome. Analytes were recovered from water samples by solid-phase extraction (SPE) on Si-C-18 cartridges and analysed by HPLC with fluorescence detection. Solid samples were extracted by using an aqueous solution of the non-ionic surfactant Tween 80. Results indicated that 2-42% of NP, 9-45% of NP1EO, 11-18% of NP2EO and 4-62% of BPA respectively occurred in the suspended phase. In general, for all compounds a higher affinity for s.p.m. than for bed sediments was observed, reflecting differences in the nature of particles and in their sorption capacity for organic micro-pollutants. The partition of target compounds in river compartments was affected by differences in hydrological conditions between the two sampling campaigns. Run-off from the basin or resuspension/redissolution from sediments was an important source of nonylphenol and bisphenol A during high discharge regimes. Partition coefficients of compounds (log K (oc) ) between water and s.p.m. were calculated under stable flow condition. K-oc values, experimentally measured in the river, were higher than those predicted by K-ow , implying that specific chemical interaction could occur in the sorption mechanisms for these group of compounds.
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