Gas chromatographic study of hydrocarbons adsorbed on soils

Abstract

The gas chromatographic technique was used for the study of hydrocarbons, i.e., n‐alkanes(C₆‐C₁₇ ), 1‐alkenes (C₅‐C₁₀), and aromatics (benzene and monosubstituted n‐alkyl(C₁ ‐C₁₀) benzenes) adsorbed on soils. The adsorption by the soil increased as the number of carbon atoms in the homologous series increased and the adsorption order among the three different series of hydrocarbons(when compared among their same number of carbon atoms) was aromatic>1‐alkene> n‐alkane

Key words:

• Hydrocarbon adsorption
• alkanes
• alkenes
• aro‐matics
• “zero soil”;
• soils
• sludge.