Comparison of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons level between suspended solid and sediment samples of Pengkalan Chepa River, Kelantan state, Malaysia

• Main Authors: Md. Muslim, Noor Zuhartini, Babaheidari, Seyedreza Hashemi, Zakaria, Mohamad Pauzi
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: AIP Publishing LLC 2014
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/57438/1/Comparison%20of%20polycyclic%20aromatic%20hydrocarbons%20level%20between%20suspended%20solid%20and%20sediment%20samples%20of%20Pengkalan%20Chepa%20River%2C%20Kelantan%20state%2C%20Malaysia.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/57438/

Sixteen type of common Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) which consist of naphthalene, acenaphthene, acenaphthylene, fluorene, phenanthrene, anthracene, fluoranthene, pyrene, benz[a]anthracene, chrysene, benzo[b]fluoranthene, benzo[k]fluoranthene, benzo[a]pyrene, benzo[ghi]-perylene, indeno[1,2,3-cd]-pyrene and dibenz[a,h]-anthracene in suspended solid and sediment samples of Pengkalan Chepa River, Kelantan state, Malaysia were investigated. The analysis samples were taken from six different sites of Pengkalan Chepa River during sunny day. The samples were subjected to a series of pre-treatment before the level of PAHs can be determined. A Gas Chromatography–Mass Spectrometry (GC–MS) was the prime method for the analysis of PAHs level. A total of 16 PAHs concentration in suspended solid of the whole Pengkalan Chepa River was found to be 2144.6 ng/g dry weights. This concentration was about eight times more than 16 PAHs concentration in sediment which found to be 266.5 ng/g dry weights.