Table 4 Contamination Factor and Pollution Load Index of Petroleum hydrocarbons aggregates.

From: Chemometrics, health risk assessment and probable sources of soluble total petroleum hydrocarbons in atmospheric rainwater, Rivers State, Nigeria

 

Rumuodomaya/Rumuodome, Obio-Akpor LGA

Ogale, Eleme LGA

Early rain

Mid rain

Late rain

Early rain

Mid rain

Late rain

Aliphatic hydrocarbons

C5–C8

0.0140

0.0228

0.0379

0.2238

0.0114

0.0070

C9–C16

4.0569

176.7060

33.9846

37.6062

25.2815

6.1154

C17–C35

0.2766

17.4918

2.5317

3.1941

27.7680

14.9183

C36–C40

5.6053

0.7951

0.1969

0.2408

2.5299

0.6306

Mean CF

2.4882

48.7540

9.1878

10.3160

13.8977

5.4178

Σ CF

9.9527

195.0160

36.7510

41.2648

55.5908

21.6713

PLI

0.5444

2.7350

0.8954

1.5949

2.1211

0.7976

Aromatic hydrocarbons

C5–C8

0.3223

0.5254

0.8754

5.1638

0.2630

0.1623

C9–C16

10.5480

459.4360

88.3600

97.7760

65.7320

15.9000

C17–C35

13.8300

874.5900

126.5850

159.7050

1388.4000

745.9100

C36–C40

280.2600

39.7560

9.8455

12.0380

126.4940

31.5280

Mean CF

76.2410

343.5770

56.4165

68.6707

395.2220

198.3763

Σ CF

304.9600

1374.3070

225.6660

274.6830

1580.8900

793.5053

PLI

10.7140

53.8240

17.6205

31.3884

41.74260

15.6957