ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Non-Regulated Organic Compounds (NROC’s)
in the Odra River Water Samples
A. Kuczyńska, L. Wolska, J. Namieśnik*
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Department of Analytical Chemistry, Chemical Faculty,
Gdańsk University of Technology, 11/12 Narutowicza Street, 80-952 Gdańsk, Poland
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2004;13(3):295-301
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ABSTRACT
Within the framework of the research described here, an attempt was made to identify volatile and semivolatile
Non-Regulated Organic Compounds present in samples of riverine water. Twenty-five samples,
collected from the Odra River during the eighth sample collection in October 2000 within the framework of
the International Odra Project, have been analyzed using the PT-TD-GC-MS technique.
A computerized analysis with the use of a mass spectrometer pointed to the presence of organic compounds
of natural and anthropogenic origin. The concentrations of chloroorganic compounds, i.e. saturated
and unsaturated aliphatic aromatic hydrocarbons and chlorinated bis-isopropyl ether, in samples of water
collected near Brzeg Dolny amounted to about 1 ppb. A slightly narrower spectrum of chloroorganic compounds
occurring at lower concentrations was identified in samples of water collected in Głogów. The most
likely source of these compounds was the “Rokita” Chemical Plant.