Reference number : GC-2017-Q1-00452, amendment number : , agreement type : G, recipient legal name : Tomy, Gregg (University of Manitoba)|Tomy, Gregg (Université du Manitoba), recipient country : CA, recipient province : nan, recipient city : Manitoba, recipient postal code : nan, program name english : Engage Grants for Universities, program name french : Subventions d'engagement partenarial pour les universités, program purpose english : Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are ubiquitous in nature with vast structural diversity; consisting of two or more aromatic rings in their structures, having different source materials; biogenic, petrogenic or pyrogenic. Numerous studies have confirmed their carcinogenicity, toxicity, mutagenicity and persistence in the environment. Alkyl-PAHs (APAHs) which are known PAHs substituted with a methyl, ethyl or other alkyl group at different positions have been reported to be more toxic and available at concentrations higher than their parent PAHs.  The current approach to measuring these compounds in environmental samples rely on one-dimensional gas chromatography.  However, because of the inherent complexity of APAHs, this approach is unable to effectively resolve the large number of isomers that are theoretically possible.  Maxxam Analytics has been leading contaminants analysis and novel method development for industry, governments and academia for four decades. As leaders in hydrocarbon analyses, Maxxam has developed advanced methods to support petroleum sector monitoring initiatives, hydrocarbon analysis for expanded suites of PAH targets and forensic 'fingerprinting' studies.  Maxxam has identified an urgent need to develop a more accurate approach for quantitation of APAHs as this will aide in meaningful source apportionment indicators that has been a primary focus of the oil sands monitoring programs.  Here we propose closely with Maxxam Analytics to develop a more accurate and a reliable quantitation methodology that is based on two dimensional gas chromatography. _x000D_
_x000D_, program purpose french : Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are ubiquitous in nature with vast structural diversity; consisting of two or more aromatic rings in their structures, having different source materials; biogenic, petrogenic or pyrogenic. Numerous studies have confirmed their carcinogenicity, toxicity, mutagenicity and persistence in the environment. Alkyl-PAHs (APAHs) which are known PAHs substituted with a methyl, ethyl or other alkyl group at different positions have been reported to be more toxic and available at concentrations higher than their parent PAHs.  The current approach to measuring these compounds in environmental samples rely on one-dimensional gas chromatography.  However, because of the inherent complexity of APAHs, this approach is unable to effectively resolve the large number of isomers that are theoretically possible.  Maxxam Analytics has been leading contaminants analysis and novel method development for industry, governments and academia for four decades. As leaders in hydrocarbon analyses, Maxxam has developed advanced methods to support petroleum sector monitoring initiatives, hydrocarbon analysis for expanded suites of PAH targets and forensic 'fingerprinting' studies.  Maxxam has identified an urgent need to develop a more accurate approach for quantitation of APAHs as this will aide in meaningful source apportionment indicators that has been a primary focus of the oil sands monitoring programs.  Here we propose closely with Maxxam Analytics to develop a more accurate and a reliable quantitation methodology that is based on two dimensional gas chromatography. _x000D_
_x000D_, agreement title english : Two dimensional gas chromatographic analysis of alkylated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, agreement title french : Two dimensional gas chromatographic analysis of alkylated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, agreement number : EGP, agreement value : 25000.0, agreement start date : 2017-06-14, agreement end date : nan, description english : nan, description french : nan, expected results english : nan, expected results french : nan, additional information english : Grant or Award spanning more than one fiscal year. (2017-2018 to 2018-2019), additional information french : Subvention ou bourse octroyée s'appliquant à plus d'un exercice financier. (2017-2018 à 2018-2019), owner organization : nserc-crsng, owner organization title : Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada | Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et en génie du Canada