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Title:	Determination of pentachlorophenol in wood and leachate from discarded treated wooden poles
Author:	Zha, Yan
View Online:	njit-etd1992-033 (ix, 40 pages ~ 1.5 MB pdf)
Department:	Department of Chemical Engineering, Chemistry and Environmental Science
Degree:	Master of Science
Program:	Environmental Science
Document Type:	Thesis
Advisory Committee:	Kebbekus, Barbara B. (Committee chair) Mitra, S. (Committee member) Trattner, Richard B. (Committee member)
Date:	1992-10
Keywords:	Leaching Wood preservatives -- Environmental aspects Pentachlorophenol -- Environmental aspects
Availability:	Unrestricted
Abstract:	Pentachlorophenol(PCP) has long been used as a preservative in the wood industry. The disposal of the used treated wood poles in landfill is of an environmental concern. The study presented in this paper was designed to determine the leaching of pentachlorophenol from treated aged wood. An analytical method for HPLC determination of PCP was developed and validated to perform the analysis of pentachlorophenol in samples of the oringinal wood and leaching solutions. Further studies involved the description of the PCP distribution in wood poles, the estimation of the leaching rate of PCP and the factors which influence the leaching rate of PCP.