Theses and Dissertations
Issuing Body
Mississippi State University
Advisor
Stokes, C. Elizabeth
Committee Member
Tang, Juliet D.
Committee Member
Gwaltney, Steven
Committee Member
Diehl, Susan V.
Date of Degree
8-12-2016
Document Type
Graduate Thesis - Open Access
Major
Sustainable Bioproducts
Degree Name
Master of Science
College
College of Forest Resources
Department
Department of Sustainable Bioproducts
Abstract
Pentachlorophenol (penta) is a pollutant of concern worldwide. This study looks at a site that has been under remediation for the last 16 years due to penta contamination. The site has been air- and bio-sparged, phytoremediated and undergone in-situ chemical oxidation treatment in attempts to clean the ground water of penta. This thesis explores a novel microextraction method that has the promise of being more sensitive using less sample and fewer hazardous chemicals than conventional methods. Groundwater samples were extracted for phenolic compounds using a novel modified liquid microextraction protocol. Comparing our results with monitoring information from 2014, our method determined that penta is limited to a single monitoring well. However, our report was unable to determine exact quantitative results of penta concentration, due to loss of extraction solvent during the retrieval process.
URI
https://hdl.handle.net/11668/19954
Recommended Citation
Stratton, Julianna Nicole, "A Novel Microextraction Method for Determining the Presence of Pentachlorophenol in an Ongoing In-Situ Groundwater Remediation" (2016). Theses and Dissertations. 216.
https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/td/216
