xii Preface
pollutants e.g. alkyllead compounds from auto-mobile exhausts or by biomethylation
of inorganic metals occurring in sediments.
The purpose of this book is the draw together worldwide literature up to 2011 on
the occurrence and determination of all types of organic compounds in solid samples.
In this way reference to a very scattered literature can be avoided.
This is not a recipe book, i.e. methods are not presented in detail. Space considerations alone would not permit this. Instead, the chemist is presented with details of
methods available for the determination of all types of organic in soils, sediments and
sludges. Methods are described in broad outline giving enough information for the
chemist to decide whether he or she wishes to refer to the original paper.
Chapter 1 discusses in detail the various methods of extracting organic compounds
from soil preparatory to analysis.
Chapter 2 and 4 respectively discusses methods for the determination of organic
and organometallic compounds in soil. These include the determination in soil of
hydrocarbons and compounds based on oxygen, halogen, nitrogen, sulphur and phosphorus (Chapter 2) and insecticides (Chapter 3) and organometallic compounds based
on organic, lead, mercury and tin (Chapter 4).
Similarly, Chapter 5 discusses the preliminary extraction of organic compounds
from sediment prior to analysis and Chapters 6 and 7, respectively, discuss the determination of organic compounds, including insecticides (Chapter 6) and organometallic
compounds (Chapter 7) in non-saline sediment and Chapters 8 and 9 similarly discuss
the analysis of sediments taken from a saline environment. The analysis of sludges as
discussed in Chapters 10 and 11.
Examination for organic substances combines all the exciting features of analytical
chemistry. First, the analysis must be successful and in many cases, must be completed
quickly. Often the nature of the substances to be analysed for is unknown, might occur
at exceedingly low concentrations and might, indeed, be a complex mixture. To be
successful in such an area requires analytical skills of a high order and the availability
of sophisticated instruments.
The work has been written with the interests of the following groups of people in
mind: management and scientists in all aspects of the water industry, river management,
fishery industries, sewage effluent treatment and disposal, land drainage and water
supply; also management and scientists in all branches of industry. It will also be of
interest to agricultural chemists, agriculturalists concerned with the ways in which
organic chemicals used in crop or soil treatment permeate through the ecosystem,
the biologists and scientists involved in fish, plant, insects and plant life, and also to
the medical profession, toxicologists and public health workers and public analysts.
Other groups or workers to whom the work will be of interest include oceanographers,
environmentalists and, not least, members of the public who are concerned with the
protection of our environment.
Finally, it is hoped that the work will act as a spur to students of all subjects mentioned and assist them in the challenge that awaits them in ensuring that the pollution
of the environment is controlled so as to ensure that we are left with a worthwhile
environment to protect.
pollutants e.g. alkyllead compounds from auto-mobile exhausts or by biomethylation
of inorganic metals occurring in sediments.
The purpose of this book is the draw together worldwide literature up to 2011 on
the occurrence and determination of all types of organic compounds in solid samples.
In this way reference to a very scattered literature can be avoided.
This is not a recipe book, i.e. methods are not presented in detail. Space considerations alone would not permit this. Instead, the chemist is presented with details of
methods available for the determination of all types of organic in soils, sediments and
sludges. Methods are described in broad outline giving enough information for the
chemist to decide whether he or she wishes to refer to the original paper.
Chapter 1 discusses in detail the various methods of extracting organic compounds
from soil preparatory to analysis.
Chapter 2 and 4 respectively discusses methods for the determination of organic
and organometallic compounds in soil. These include the determination in soil of
hydrocarbons and compounds based on oxygen, halogen, nitrogen, sulphur and phosphorus (Chapter 2) and insecticides (Chapter 3) and organometallic compounds based
on organic, lead, mercury and tin (Chapter 4).
Similarly, Chapter 5 discusses the preliminary extraction of organic compounds
from sediment prior to analysis and Chapters 6 and 7, respectively, discuss the determination of organic compounds, including insecticides (Chapter 6) and organometallic
compounds (Chapter 7) in non-saline sediment and Chapters 8 and 9 similarly discuss
the analysis of sediments taken from a saline environment. The analysis of sludges as
discussed in Chapters 10 and 11.
Examination for organic substances combines all the exciting features of analytical
chemistry. First, the analysis must be successful and in many cases, must be completed
quickly. Often the nature of the substances to be analysed for is unknown, might occur
at exceedingly low concentrations and might, indeed, be a complex mixture. To be
successful in such an area requires analytical skills of a high order and the availability
of sophisticated instruments.
The work has been written with the interests of the following groups of people in
mind: management and scientists in all aspects of the water industry, river management,
fishery industries, sewage effluent treatment and disposal, land drainage and water
supply; also management and scientists in all branches of industry. It will also be of
interest to agricultural chemists, agriculturalists concerned with the ways in which
organic chemicals used in crop or soil treatment permeate through the ecosystem,
the biologists and scientists involved in fish, plant, insects and plant life, and also to
the medical profession, toxicologists and public health workers and public analysts.
Other groups or workers to whom the work will be of interest include oceanographers,
environmentalists and, not least, members of the public who are concerned with the
protection of our environment.
Finally, it is hoped that the work will act as a spur to students of all subjects mentioned and assist them in the challenge that awaits them in ensuring that the pollution
of the environment is controlled so as to ensure that we are left with a worthwhile
environment to protect.