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Chrysene

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Chry´sene
n.1.(Chem.) One of the higher aromatic hydrocarbons of coal tar, allied to naphthalene and anthracene. It is a white crystalline substance, C18H12, of strong blue fluorescence, but generally colored yellow by impurities.


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Twelve PAHs were measured in both the gas and particle phases and summed to create "total PAHs": phenanthrene, anthracene, fluoranthene, pyrene, benzo[a]anthracene, chrysene, benzo[b]fluoranthene, benzo[k]fluoranthene, benzo[a]pyrene, dibenzo[ah]anthracene, benzo[ghi]perylene, and indeno[1,2,3-cd]pyrene.
The following PAHs were detected in all sites: benzo(a)pyrene, phenanthrene, fluoranthene, pyrene, and chrysene.
Many of the recognized carcinogenic POMs were not detected, including benzo[a]pyrene (BaP), benz[a]anthracene, and chrysene.
 
 
 
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