title: Using n-alkanes for identification of oils in domestic wastewaters.
abstract: The aim of this work was to investigate whether linear aliphatic hydrocarbons had a usable potential for the determination of waste oil in wastewater. For that, n-alkanes analyses of wastewater samples from five sampling points (P1-P5) of the sewage system of Konya-Turkey were carried out by gas chromatographic technique and the parameters of carbon predominance index (ICP), n-C17/n-C18 and unresolved complex mixture (UCM)/n-alkanes ratios were determined. It was found that sampling points P1, P2, and P3, which had ICP values 1.52 +/- 0.04, 1.43 +/- 0.05 and 1.12 +/- 0.05, respectively, were polluted with petroleum hydrocarbons and the aliphatic hydrocarbons detected in the sampling points of P4 and P5, which had ICP values of 0.96 +/- 0.05 and 0.95 +/- 0.03, respectively, were from natural origin. These results were also supported by the parameters of n-C17/n-C18 and UCM/n-alkanes ratios and by the correlation between the parameters of ICP, n-C17/n-C18, UCM/n-alkanes and COD, Pb, Cr for all sampling points.
authors.affiliation: Selcuk University, Department of Environmental Engineering, Konya, Turkey.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tor
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Aydin
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Cengeloglu
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ozcan
mesh_terms: D000473:Alkanes / Q000737:chemistry*; D002623:Chemistry Techniques, Analytical / Q000379:methods*; D002849:Chromatography, Gas; D019216:Metals, Heavy / Q000032:analysis; D010100:Oxygen / Q000032:analysis; D010578:Petroleum / Q000032:analysis*; D013696:Temperature; D014421:Turkey; D014865:Waste Disposal, Fluid / Q000379:methods*; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D000473:Alkanes; D019216:Metals, Heavy; D010578:Petroleum; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; D010100:Oxygen