BTEX in the environment: An update on sources, fate, distribution, pretreatment, analysis, and removal techniques

B Yu, Z Yuan, Z Yu, F Xue-song - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2022 - Elsevier
BTEX are highly toxic environmental compounds that have carcinogenic and mutagenic
effects in humans. These components are ubiquitous in environmental samples like water …

Environmental pollution and their socioeconomic impacts

FO Ajibade, B Adelodun, KH Lasisi, OO Fadare… - … mediated remediation of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Environmental pollution is increasingly becoming an issue of significant public interest in
many developing countries and the international community at large. The growing …

Environmental behavior and eco-toxicity of xylene in aquatic environments: A review

W Duan, F Meng, F Wang, Q Liu - Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 2017 - Elsevier
With the demand for chemicals and fuels increasing continuously, the occurrence of
accidental leakage poses great risks to the aquatic environment. Xylene, a hazardous and …

Analyzing sites of OH radical attack (ring vs. side chain) in oxidation of substituted benzenes via dual stable isotope analysis (δ13C and δ2H)

N Zhang, I Geronimo, P Paneth, J Schindelka… - Science of the Total …, 2016 - Elsevier
OH radicals generated by the photolysis of H 2 O 2 can degrade aromatic contaminants by
either attacking the aromatic ring to form phenolic products or oxidizing the substituent. We …

Toward chalcogenide platform infrared sensor dedicated to the in situ detection of aromatic hydrocarbons in natural waters via an attenuated total reflection …

M Baillieul, E Baudet, K Michel, J Moreau, P Němec… - Sensors, 2021 - mdpi.com
The objective of this study is to demonstrate the successful functionalization of the surface of
a chalcogenide infrared waveguide with the ultimate goal of developing an infrared micro …

Quantification and mechanisms of BTEX distribution between aqueous and gaseous phase in a dynamic system

A Šoštarić, A Stojić, SS Stojić, I Gržetić - Chemosphere, 2016 - Elsevier
In this study an analytical system was developed for determination of quantitative
characteristics of BTEX distribution between gaseous and aqueous phase. Dynamic dilution …

Evaluation of the contamination of the subsurface and groundwater by monoaromatic hydrocarbons in an eastern Amazonian town in northern Brazil

KJM Gomes, PAC Oliva, HO da Rocha… - Environmental Earth …, 2023 - Springer
The present study evaluated the contamination by monoaromatic hydrocarbons (BTEX:
benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylene) of the subsurface of gas stations and adjacent …

Fast identification and quantification of BTEX coupling by Raman spectrometry and chemometrics

J Moreau, E Rinnert - Analyst, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Monoaromatic hydrocarbons (MAHs) monitoring is of environmental interest since these
chemical pollutants are omnipresent. While waiting for robust sensors able to detect …

High occurrence of BTEX around major industrial plants in Kaohsiung, Taiwan

ST Lee, CT Vu, C Lin, KS Chen - Environmental forensics, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract The Houjing River, which flows by large industrial complexes in southwestern
Taiwan, has been seriously polluted with benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylene …

Fast determination of monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in ambient air using a portable gas chromatography–photoionization detector

W Zhang, H Li, Y Zhang, F Bi, L Meng, X Zhang, J Mao… - Chromatographia, 2017 - Springer
Many air sampling methods are time consuming and require complex pre-treatment steps.
Gas chromatography–photoionization detector (GC–PID) is a rapid method for sampling and …