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A tremendous amount of research has been devoted to quantifying and modeling transport processes in the vadose zone, with readily available scientific literature (journals and textbooks) extending over the last half century. Modeling is used to quantify the dynamic redistribution of chemicals along the near surface and deeper subsurface profile, which often also is subject to reactive chemical processes including sorption, dissolution or precipitation, and volatilization. 

In this chapter, we examine the various mechanisms that influence chemical redistribution in the subsurface and the means to quantify these mechanisms. The same basic principles can be applied to both saturated and partially saturated porous media in the latter case, the volumetric water content (and, if relevant, volatilization of NAPL constiments into the air phase) must be taken into account. Also, such treatments must assume that the partially saturated zone is subject to an equilibrium (steady-state) flow pattern otherwise, for example, under periods of heavy infiltration, the volumetric water content is both highly space and time dependent. When dealing with contaminant transport associated with unstable water infiltration processes, other quantification methods (e.g., using network... 

The behavior of nonaqueous phase liquids (NAPLs) as they enter the partially saturated subsurface from a land surface source follows two well-defined scenarios in one case, the physical properties of the NAPL remain unchanged, while in the second case, NAPL properties are altered during transport. In the case of dense NAPLs, the contaminant plume reaches the aquifer and is subject to longterm, continuous, slow local redistribution due to groundwater flushing-dissolution processes. These plumes become contamination source zones that evolve over time, often with major negative impacts on groundwater quality. 

Redistribution in Polymer Coupling. Monomer-polymer redistribution occurs most easily when the monomeric phenol and the phenol of the polymer are identical or, at least, very similar in reactivity (2). The homopolymers of DMP and MPP obviously redistribute very rapidly with either of the two monomers, so that sequential oxidation of DMP and MPP can produce only random copolymer. The redistribution reaction and its relation to the overall polymerization mechanism have been the subject of many previous investigations (2, 10, 13, 14), but the extraordinary facility of redistribution in the DMP-MPP system leads to results that could not be observed in other systems examined. 

Subjecting cells to various forms of stress has been shown to dramatically reorganize IF networks, concomitant with the redistribution of normally soluble aB-crystallins to these networks, resulting in resistance to... 

Although the values of K will depend on the nature of Q, Z, T, and v, there is, for each v, a special situation, the ideal random case, where the sorting of the substituents about the central atom follows the laws of random statistics. For this case, the Z and T substituents become arranged about the Q in a completely random fashion irrespective of other substituents which are attached to Q. The K values for the ideal random case may be derived mathematically. If it is assumed that the Z/T atom ratio is p/q (with p + q = 1), the probability P of having a central atom Q with i Z substituents and (v — i) T substituents in the v sites subject to redistribution is... 

Consider a micellar solution at equilibrium that is subject to a sudden temperature change (T-jump). At the new temperature the equilibrium aggregate size distribution will be somewhat different and a redistribution of micellar sizes will occur. Aniansson and Wall now made the important observation that when scheme (5.1) represents the kinetic elementary step, and when there is a strong minimum in the micelle size distribution as in Fig. 2.23(a) the redistribution of micelle sizes is a two-step process. In the first and faster step relaxation occurs to a quasi-equilibrium state which is formed under the constraint that the total number of micelles remains constant. Thus the fast process involves reactions in scheme (5.1) for aggregates of sizes close to the maximum in the distribution. This process is characterized by an exponential relaxation with a time constant Tj equal to... 

The examples presented in this work by no means cover the subject of the C-H bond activation on a spectrum of catalytic media. Interaction of methane with the small clusters discussed here obviously cannot pretend to fully mimic catalytic centers in reality. Nevertheless, they seem to justify drawing generalized conclusions regarding the mechanism of catalytic activation in terms of electron withdrawal or donation to the interacting hydrocarbon molecule. A variety of properties contribute consequently to the emerging scheme (electronic density redistribution, geometry evolution in critical points, energetical factors, vibrational analyses) which substantially increases credibility of the conclusions. 

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