Measure of the concentration or mass of petroleum hydrocarbon constituents present in a given amount of soil or water. The word "total" is a misnomer--few, if any, of the procedures for quantifying hydrocarbons can measure all of them in a given sample. Volatile ones are usually lost in the process and not quantified and non-petroleum hydrocarbons sometimes appear in the analysis.
TOTAL PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS (TPH)
Meaning of TOTAL PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS (TPH) in English
Environmental engineering English vocabulary. Английский словарь экологического инжиниринга. 2012