title: An isotopic exchange method for the characterization of the irreversibility of pesticide sorption-desorption in soil.
abstract: An isotopic exchange method is presented that characterizes the irreversibility of pesticide sorption-desorption by soil observed in batch equilibration experiments. The isotopic exchange of (12)C- and (14)C-labeled triadimefon [(1-(4-chlorophenoxy)-3,3-dimethyl-1-(1H-1, 2,4-triazol-1-yl)-2-butanone] and imidacloprid-guanidine [1-[(6-chloro-3-pyridinyl)methyl]-4,5-dihydro-1H-imidazol-2-amine] in Hanford sandy loam soil indicated that these systems can be described by a two-compartment model in which about 90% of sorption occurs on reversible, easily desorbable sites, whereas 10% of the sorbed molecules are irreversibly sorbed on soil and do not participate in the sorption-desorption equilibrium. This model closely predicted the hysteresis observed in the desorption isotherms from batch equilibration experiments. The isotopic exchange of triadimefon and imidacloprid-guanidine in Drummer silty clay loam soil indicated that there was a fraction of the sorbed (14)C-labeled pesticide that was resistant to desorption, which increased as pesticide concentration decreased and was higher for triadimefon than for imidacloprid-guanidine. In contrast, the batch equilibration method resulted in ill-defined desorption isotherms for the Drummer soil, which made accurate desorption characterization problematic.
authors.affiliation: Soil and Water Management Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, University of Minnesota, St. Paul 55108, USA.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Celis
authors.forename: W C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Koskinen
mesh_terms: D000327:Adsorption; D000465:Algorithms; D007474:Ion Exchange; D010575:Pesticides / Q000737:chemistry*; D012987:Soil / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D010575:Pesticides; D012987:Soil