Visible and Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Analysis of a Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon in Soils

Figure 1

Chemical structures of the 16 United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) priority PAH compounds. *Non-threshold indicator compounds, also known to possess some genotoxic carcinogenic potential [8]. B[a]A: benzo[a]anthracene; D[a,h]A: dibenzo[a,h]anthracene; B[b]F: benzo[b]fluoranthene; B[k]F: benzo[k]fluoranthene; B[a]P: benzo[a]pyrene; B[g,h]P: benzo[g,h,i]perylene; I[1,2,3-c,d]P: indeno[1,2,3-c,d]pyrene.