Application of High Resolution Shpol'skii Luminescence Spectroscopy to the Analysis of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAH) in the Environmental Samples

Abstract

High resolution spectrofluorometry (HRS) in n-alkane matrices (Shpol'skii effect) has been applied to the analysis of several methylated-PAH series, aromatic biogeochem-ical markers, and common PAH in environmental samples (sediments, aerosols, crude oils, liquid fuels). Analytical results obtained by HRS on crude samples have been also compared with those obtained by other analytical methodologies.

Key Words:

• Shpol'skii effect
• polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH)
• mono-methylchrysenes (MC)
• monomethylphenanthrenes (MP)
• biogeo-chemical aromatic markers
• quantitative analysis
• sediment
• crude oil
• aerosol
• liquid fuel.