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Published on: December 11, 2021
Determination of light hydrocarbons dissolved in seawater
N Tsurushima1, S Watanabe, S Tsunogai
1Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Fisheries, Hokkaido University, Hakodate 041-0821, Japan; Laboratory of Marine and Atmospheric Geochemistry, Graduate school of Environmental Earth Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan.
Abstract:
A practical method for the on board determination of light (C1-C4) hydrocarbons dissolved in seawater has been developed. The gaseous hydrocarbons in seawater were extracted quickly with a vacuum sparge tower and determined gas chromatographically. By using two cryogenic columns at dry ice-ethanol temperature (-80 degrees C) connected in series, it was possible to completely collect the hydrocarbons. The precision and sensitivity were comparable to that of previous methods. The analysis was completed within 45 min for one sample and the sample volume was 500 ml. The method was successfully applied to the northern North Pacific water collected in summer 1997. The concentrations of C2-C4 hydrocarbons in surface seawater ranged from several to several tens pmol l(-1), within the range of concentrations in previous studies.
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