25th International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry IMOG 2011

P-003
Factors controlling extractability of polycyclic aromatic
hydrocarbons from sedimentary organic matter using non-ionic
surfactant
Akinsehinwa Akinlua 1 , Torsten Schmidt 2
1 Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria, 2 University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
(corresponding author:geochemresearch@yahoo.com; aakinlua@oauife.edu.ng)
The extraction of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
(PAHs) from sedimentary organic matter by non-ionic
surfactants with the assistance of microwave was
investigated and the conditions for maximum yield
were determined. The results showed that the
extraction temperatures and kinetic rates have
significant effects on extraction yields of the PAHs.
The optimum temperature for microwave-assisted
non-ionic surfactant extraction of PAHs from
sedimentary organic matter was 120 o C. The optimum
extraction time for most of PAHs was at 40 minutes
while a few had it at 30 minutes. The results also
show that microwave-assisted non-ionic surfactant
extraction is a good and efficient green analytical
preparatory technique for leaching PAHs from
sedimentary organic matter.
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