Abstract
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) were measured in soil samples, which collected for the period from January to August 2017, in Baghdad city, at AL-zubaidiya Thermal Power Plant. Soil samples were extracted by the soxhlet apparatus using mixture of acetone and hexane (1:1), and analyzed by GC/FID apparatus.The results show that the sixteen polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon concentrations were varied in the two seasons. The most abundant compound in winter was naphthalene, while in summer season were naphthalene, acenaphthene, fluorene, pyrene and benzo[a]anthracene. The distribution of PAHs that have different aromatics ring, where the 2-rings are dominant in the winter season, while 2-rings, 3-rings, 4-rings are exists in summer season.
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