title: Sorption of 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene to natural soils before and after hydrogen peroxide application.
abstract: Laboratory batch sorption experiments were conducted to investigate the impact of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) pre-application on post-sorptive behavior of 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT) in different natural soils (average soil, high Fe soil, and high pH soil). After H2O2 application, the values of Freundlich coefficient Kf were increased by approximately 160% for the average and high pH soils and by approximately 120% for the high Fe soil, showing that the soils became more favorable for TNT sorption after H202 application. Nonlinearity in terms of the Freundlich exponent n was increased by approximately 40% for the average and high pH soils and by approximately 30% for the high Fe soil, showing greater sorption affinity of TNT for the oxidized soils at lower TNT concentrations and also implying greater TNT availability for transport at high concentrations. The increase in sorption extent for the H2O2-oxidized soils was presumably attributed to the oxygen-induced enhancement in the sorption capacity of the soils and the more dominant contribution of clay minerals to sorption. Therefore, enhanced sorption following H2O2 application may inhibit the subsequent formation of a TNT plume after either source zone remediation or plume remediation using H2O2 such as Fenton oxidation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Civil Engineering, University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico. hwangsangchul@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Sangchul
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hwang
authors.forename: Cynthia J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Batchelor
authors.forename: Jeffrey L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.forename: Denise K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: MacMillan
mesh_terms: D000327:Adsorption; D000538:Aluminum Silicates; D002244:Carbon / Q000032:analysis; D000077215:Clay; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide / Q000737:chemistry*; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007501:Iron; D016877:Oxidants / Q000737:chemistry*; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D012989:Soil Pollutants / Q000032:analysis; D013997:Time Factors; D014303:Trinitrotoluene / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry*; D018505:Waste Management / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D000538:Aluminum Silicates; D016877:Oxidants; D012989:Soil Pollutants; D014303:Trinitrotoluene; D002244:Carbon; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide; D007501:Iron; D000077215:Clay