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Title: Relative mobilities of atrazine, atrazine degradates, metolachlor, and simazine in five soils from Iowa

Conference ·
OSTI ID:214557
;  [1];  [2]
  1. Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA (United States)
  2. Beijing Agricultural Univ., Beijing (China)

The relative mobilities of atrazine, deethylatrazine, deisopropylatrazine, didealkylatrazine, hydroxyatrazine, ammeline, metolachlor and simazine were determined in soils from five locations in Iowa by soil thin-layer chromatography (TLC). Surface (0 to 30 cm) and subsurface (65 to 90 cm) soils taken from Ames, Treynor, Fruitland, Nashua, and Chariton were used to make soil TLC plates. Uniformly ring-labeled {sup 14}C chemicals were spotted on plates which were then developed by ascending chromatography using water as the solvent. Preliminary results from Ames, Treynor, and Fruitland soils indicate four groups based on relative mobilities. Deethylatrazine was the most mobile compound studied. The intermediate mobility group included atrazine, didealkylatrazine, and deisopropylatrazine. The less mobile group included metolachlor and simazine, however, metolachlor was, in some soils, in the intermediate mobility group. The immobile group included ammeline and hydroxyatrazine. Additional results from Nashua and Chariton soils, as well as correlations of mobility with soil characteristics will also be presented.

OSTI ID:
214557
Report Number(s):
CONF-950801-; TRN: 96:000922-0024
Resource Relation:
Conference: 210. national meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS), Chicago, IL (United States), 20-25 Aug 1995; Other Information: PBD: 1995; Related Information: Is Part Of 210th ACS national meeting. Part 1 and 2; PB: 1866 p.
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English