Water adsorption coefficients

Spencer et al. (14) reported that the degree of reduction in vapor pressure in soil due to adsorption is dependent mainly upon soil water content, the nature of the pesticide, its concentration and soil properties, particularly soil organic matter content. The concentration of the desorbed pesticide in the soil water dictates the vapor density of the pesticide in the soil air in accordance with Henry s law. Hence, soil water adsorption coefficients can be used to calculate relative vapor densities in the soil atmosphere. 

Bostain, D.A. Brenizer, J.S. Norris, P.M. Neutron radioscopic measurement of water adsorption coefficients in aerogels. Res. Nondes-truct. Eval. 2002, 14 (1), 47-57. 

Settling and rainout are important mechanisms of contaminant transfer from the atmospheric media to both surface soils and surface waters. Rates of contaminant transfer caused by these mechanisms are difficult to assess qualitatively however, they increase with increasing soil adsorption coefficients, solubility (for particulate contaminants or those adsorbed to particles), particle size, and precipitation frequency. 

An analogous law was established in 1803 by W. Henry for the solubilities of gases in water hence, this expression is called the Henry isotherm. The adsorption coefficient B (units dmVmol) depends on the heat of adsorption B = B° e,xp(q RT). The Henry isotherm is valid for low surface coverages (e.g., at 9 < 0.1). 

Dissolution of gasoline compounds to soil water is a function of each compound s solubility. A highly soluble gasoline substance often has a relatively low adsorption coefficient and also tends to be more readily degradable by microorganisms,19 as shown in Table 18.1. 

Winters and Lee134 describe a physically based model for adsorption kinetics for hydrophobic organic chemicals to and from suspended sediment and soil particles. The model requires determination of a single effective dififusivity parameter, which is predictable from compound solution diffusivity, the octanol-water partition coefficient, and the adsorbent organic content, density, and porosity. 

Pesticide Adsorption Coefficient KP Depth of Maximum Concentration After 305 cm of Water Applied (cm)... 

The order of the mobilities of alachlor, butylate, and metolachlor in columns of various soils was metolachlor > alachlor > butylate. This correlates directly with the water solubilities and inversely to the adsorption coefficients and octanol/water partition coefficients of these compounds. Diffusion of these compounds in soil thin-layers was as follows butylate > alachlor > metolachlor, which correlates directly with the vapor pressures of these compounds. Significant soil properties affecting diffusion appeared to be bulk density and temperature. Soil moisture is also probably important, but its effect on the diffusion of these compounds was not determined. 

Freundlich Soil Adsorption Coefficients. Control experiments indicated that all of the compounds were stable in the stock solutions, in the adsorption solutions, and in the soil during these studies. A preliminary adsorption run conducted to determine the time required for equilibration of the herbicides between water and soil indicated that ca. 3 hours shaking was adequate. 

Transport of the herbicides by vapor diffusion on moist soil was shown to be directly related to vapor pressure and inversely related to water solubility. Transport of the herbicides by leaching was shown to be inversely related to the Freundlich adsorption coefficient which in turn was directly related to the octanol/water partition coefficient and inversely related to water solubility (16). 

The simplest way to predict the lipid/ water partition coefficient, Kiw, of a drug is based on measurements of the surface pressure, ttd, of the drug as a function of its concentration in the aqueous subphase (Gibbs adsorption isotherm). The Gibbs adsorption isotherm provides the air/water partition coefficient, Kaw, and the cross-sectional area, Ad of the drug and allows calculation of the lipid/water partition coefficient, K]w, according to Eq. (6) [59] ... 

Fig. 20.1. Correlation between the air/water partition coefficient, Kaw, determined from measurements of the surface pressure as a function of drug concentration (Gibbs adsorption isotherm) in buffer solution (50 mM Tris/HCI, containing 114 mM NaCI) at pH 8.0 and the inverse of the Michaelis Menten constant, Km obtained from phosphate release...

Monkiedje et al. [10] investigated the fate of niclosamide in aquatic system both under laboratory and field conditions. The octanol/watcr partition coefficient (Kaw) of niclosamide was 5.880 x 10 4. Adsorption isotherm studies indicated that the Freundlich parameters (K, n) for niclosamide were 0.02 and 4.93, respectively, for powder activated carbon (PAC), and 9.85 x 10 5 and 2.81, respectively, for silt loam soil. The adsorption coefficient (Aoc) for the drug was 0.02 for PAC, and 4.34 x 10-3 for the same soil. Hydrolysis of niclosamide occurred in distilled water buffer at pH above 7. No photolysis of the drug was observed in water after exposure to long-wave UV light for 4 h. Similarly, neither chemically volatilized from water following 5 h of sample aeration. Under field conditions, niclosamide persisted in ponds for over 14 days. The half-life of niclosamide was 3.40 days. 

There may be problems from other adsorbing species in the house. Carbon-dioxide and water vapor have been found to have an adverse effect on the adsorption coefficient (Strong and Levins, 1978 Siegwarth et al., 1972). The likeliest place for indoor radon to accumulate in houses is in the basement or crawl space where a large surface area is in direct contact with the soil, and thus the most likely place to put an adsorption system is in these locations. However, these areas are also commonly used to store various household chemicals such as painting supplies, etc. These household items stored in basements can release contaminants that may be classified into 4 broad categories aromatics, paraffins,... 

Briggs GG (1981) Theoretical and experimental relationships between soil adsorption, octanol-water partition coefficients, water solubilities, bioconcentration factors, and the parachor. J Agric Food Chem 29 1050-1059... 

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