A Short Article about Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs)

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons are hydrocarbons organic compounds

containing only carbon and hydrogen that are composed of multiple aromatic rings.
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are a group of more than 100 chemicals that
are also called polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons. PAHs are released from burning
coal, oil, gasoline, trash, tobacco, and wood. High-temperature cooking, such as
grilling, will form PAHs in meat and other foods. Manufactured PAHs maybe used in
medicines and pesticides. PAHs can be release naturally from forest, fire, and
volcanos. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons found in Air such as cigarette and second
hand smoke, Food such as Grilled Meat, and Water such as contaminated by emission.
Although the emphasis of this report is on the identification of the polycyclic aromatic
hydrocarbons (PAHs) emitted from motor vehicles, PAHs are ubiquitous substances.
They are found in terrestrial and aquatic plants, in soils and bottom sediments, in
fresh and marine waters, in emission from volcanoes and naturally occurring forest
fires, and in the products of numerous human activities. The anthropogenic sources
vary widely—major oil spills and the inestimable minor spills of petroleum products,
emission from coal- and gas-fired boilers and electric-power generating plants, space
heaters (especially in individual residences), municipal and industrial incinerators,
and all sorts of industrial processes. It is not possible to list all the sources or to count
or measure the PAHs produced by them. The various PAH compounds and the amounts
emitted into the environment from each of the sources result in a complexity that
makes it difficult to trace and identify the major contributing sources. What comes in
our mind when we hear the word Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons? Of course it can
be used in our everyday life.

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