Influence of the nature of soil organics on the sorption of toluene and trichloroethylene

Journal Article · Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 1986 · Environ. Sci. Technol.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/es00154a013· OSTI ID:7166904

Garbarini, D R; Lion, L W

Predictive relationships that are presently employed for estimating the soil-water partitioning of nonionic organic pollutants do not account for the variable nature of soil organic matter. The capacity of selected components of soil organic matter to sorb trichloroethylene (TCE) and toluene, two nonionic volatile organic pollutants commonly encountered in contaminated groundwaters, is examined here. Sorption coefficients were determined and correlated with selected physico-chemical characteristics of the sorbents. Results indicate that the components of soil organic matter had widely varying affinities for toluene and TCE that cannot be solely explained by their organic carbon content. Multivariate regression results show that use of a sorbent's oxygen content as well as its carbon content yields a more accurate prediction of the sorptive partitioning coefficient than relationships that rely solely on the sorbent's carbon content.

• Research Organization: Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY
• OSTI ID: 7166904
• Journal Information: Environ. Sci. Technol.; (United States), Vol. 20:12
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
CHLORINATED ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS
SORPTION
ORGANIC MATTER
SORPTIVE PROPERTIES
TOLUENE
AFFINITY
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
MEASURING METHODS
SOIL CHEMISTRY
SOILS
ALKYLATED AROMATICS
AROMATICS
CHEMISTRY
DATA
HALOGENATED ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS
HYDROCARBONS
INFORMATION
NUMERICAL DATA
ORGANIC CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
SURFACE PROPERTIES
510200* - Environment
Terrestrial- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport- (-1989)