Distribution of phthalate esters in the groundwater of Jianghan plain, Hubei, China

doi:10.1007/s11707-009-0017-5

Front Earth Sci Chin

2009, Vol. 3

Issue (1) : 73-79 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11707-009-0017-5

RESEARCH ARTICLE

Distribution of phthalate esters in the groundwater of Jianghan plain, Hubei, China

Dan ZHANG, Hui LIU(

), Ying LIANG, Cheng WANG, Hecheng LIANG, Hesheng CAI

Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology of Ministry of Education, School of Environmental Studies, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China

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Abstract

Samples of groundwater were collected from 17 sites in the Jianghan plain in July 2007. Sixteen phthalate esters (PAEs) were detected in samples collected by using solid-phase extraction (SPE)-gas chromatography (GC). The results show that there were one or several PAEs in all the samples, and the concentrations of total PAEs ranged from 80.12 to 1882.18 ng/L. Four PAEs, i.e. di-iso-butyl phthalate (DIBP), di-n-butyl phthalate (DBP), bis (2-ethoxyethyl) phthalate (BEEP) and di (2-ethylhexyl) phthalate DEHP) were the dominant species. Among these, DIBP, DBP and DEHP concentrations were closely related to the water supply from the Yangtze River, Hanjiang River and Honghu Lake. However, the distribution of BEEP was irregular, which may be due to the application of some kind of products containing BEEP in the related areas. PAE distribution was irrelevant to the electrical conductivity and sample depth.

Keywords phthalate esters (PAEs) groundwater solid-phase extraction (SPE) gas chromatography (GC)

Corresponding Author(s): LIU Hui,Email:zliuhui@hotmail.com

Issue Date: 05 March 2009

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Hesheng CAI,Dan ZHANG,Hui LIU, et al. Distribution of phthalate esters in the groundwater of Jianghan plain, Hubei, China[J]. Front Earth Sci Chin, 2009, 3(1): 73-79.

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Tab.1 Detailed description of sampling stations

Fig.1 Fig. 1 Sampling sites in the Jianghan plain

Fig.2 GC/FID chromatogram of PAEs standard /(20 mg?L)

Fig.3 Detection rates of PAEs in 17 groundwater samples

Fig.4 Concentrations of total PAEs in groundwater samples

Fig.5 Concentrations of DIBP, DBP, BEEP, and DEHP in 17 sampling sites

Fig.6 Correlation between concentrations of PAEs and electrical conductivity

Fig.7 Correlation between concentrations of PAEs and sampling depth

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