Sorption kinetics of chlorinated hydrophobic organic chemicals : Part II: Desorption experiments.
This is the second of a two-part series describing the sorption kinetics of hydrophobic organic chemicals. Part I "The Use of First-Order Kinetic Multi-Compartment Models" is published in issue 1 of this journal, pp. 21-28. Sorption kinetics of chlorinated benzenes from a natural lake sediment have been investigated in gas-purge desorption experiments. Biphasic desorption curves, with an initial "fast" part and a subsequent "slow" part, were found for all tested chlorobenzenes. From these results first-order sorption uptake and desorption rate constants were calculated with a two-sediment compartment model, which is presented in the first paper.In three sets of experiments the sorption uptake period and sediment/water ratio were varied. Rate constants are not influenced by these experimental conditions, which supports the partitioning concept for the sorption of hydrophobic organic chemicals in sediments.
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