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Permeation of Organic Contaminants Through Gasketed Pipe Joints
Author(s) -
Glaza Edward C.,
Park Jae K.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8833.1992.tb07397.x
Subject(s) - gasket , permeation , piping , gasoline , contamination , gas chromatography , solvent , environmental science , gel permeation chromatography , waste management , materials science , chemistry , composite material , polymer , chromatography , environmental engineering , membrane , engineering , organic chemistry , ecology , biochemistry , biology
Numerous incidents of drinking water contamination resulting from permeation of organic chemicals in soil through water piping components have been reported in the United States and Europe. The authors of this article immersed samples of gasket materials in gasoline and solvents and exposed actual gasketed pipe segments to gasoline and solvents to determine the susceptibility of various gasket types to permeation. Water inside gasketed pipe segments was analyzed at regular time intervals for the presence of gasoline or solvent using gas chromatography. The results of these exposure tests were used to estimate the concentration of contaminants in the pipe water resulting from permeation through the gasket materials.