title: Determination of Henry's law constant of formaldehyde as a function of temperature: application to air-water exchange in Tahtali Lake in Izmir, Turkey.
abstract: The Henry's law constant (H) is an important parameter in predicting the transport, behavior and fate of organic compounds in environment. H is also required to model the air-water exchange of chemicals. Henry's law constant of formaldehyde (HCHO) was determined at six temperatures (50, 40, 30, 20, 10, and 5 degrees C) using a bubble-column technique. The apparent Henrys law constant (H*) values were strongly correlated to inverse of temperature (1/T, K) and the following relationship was obtained: In H* = (-1,641.3/T)-3.089. Seven concurrent ambient air and aqueous samples were also collected between October 11-17, 2005 at a sampling site located on the shoreline of Tahtali dam Lake in Izmir, Turkey to determine the magnitude and direction (deposition or gas-out) of HCHO flux. In all cases, the modeled gas-phase flux was positive (average +/- SD, 3,181 +/- 408 microg m(-2) day(-1)) indicating that atmospheric HCHO deposited to the Tahtali Lake.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Engineering, Department of Environmental Engineering, Dokuz Eylul University, Kaynaklar Campus, 35160 Buca, Izmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Remzi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Seyfioglu
authors.forename: Mustafa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Odabasi
mesh_terms: D000388:Air; D005557:Formaldehyde / Q000737:chemistry*; D013696:Temperature; D014421:Turkey; D014867:Water
chemical_list: D014867:Water; D005557:Formaldehyde