Table 2 Summary of PAH spectrum characteristics for each of the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons shown above as measured for this study using a Shimadzu 1501 Fluorometer
PAH | 266 nm ex spectrum comparison | 355 nm ex spectrum comparison | 532 nm ex spectrum comparison | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fluorescence(nm) | Quenching(nm) | Fluorescence (nm) | Quenching (nm) | Fluorescence (nm) | Quenching (nm) | |
Pyrene | 260 to 650 | 355 to 590 | 532 to 590 | |||
Phenanthrene | 352 to 500, 861 | 291 to 351, 501 | 377 to 507, 818 | 376 | 550 to 650 | |
Naphthalene | 315 to 557, | 291 to 314 | 355 to 506, 766, 818 | 683 | ||
640 to 740 | 558 to 640 | |||||
Naphthol | 321 to 400 | 291 to 320 | 410 | 790 | ||
Cresol | 380 | 355 to 450, 770 | 710 | 790 | ||