| Main Title |
Effect of pH Concentration on the Transport of Naphthalene in Saturated Aquifer Media. |
| Author |
Kan, A. T. ;
Tomson., M. B. ;
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| CORP Author |
National Center for Ground Water Research, Houston, TX.;Robert S. Kerr Environmental Research Lab., Ada, OK. Ground Water Research Branch. |
| Publisher |
c1990 |
| Year Published |
1990 |
| Report Number |
EPA-R-812808; EPA/600/J-90/157; |
| Stock Number |
PB91-109959 |
| Additional Subjects |
Water pollution ;
pH ;
Mathematical models ;
Aquifers ;
Naphthalene ;
Kinetics ;
Sorption ;
Organic compounds ;
Isotherms ;
Ground water ;
Reprints ;
Environmental transport ;
Soil contamination
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| Holdings |
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| NTIS |
PB91-109959 |
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07/26/2022 |
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| Collation |
19p |
| Abstract |
Sorption is one of the primary mechanisms for retarding the movement of organic contaminants in groundwater. Sorption of hydrophobic compounds such as toluene, naphthalene, and DDT is generally assumed to be linearly proportional to solution phase concentration. In the present research naphthalene was chosen as a model compound. Batch adsorption was studied from 0.01 to 1.00 mg/L. Transport of naphthalene through a specially designed soil column apparatus was studied from 5 to 9 pH and from 0.025 to 2.0 mg/L initial concentration. All transport data could be modeled using a single pH-modified Freundlich isotherm: q = 2.71 (1 - sigma delta pH)C(sup 0.81) r = 0.999 where q (microgram/g) is the amount of contaminant sorbed on the soil per g of soil, C is the contaminant concentration in the flowing water, sigma is a correction factor and delta pH = pH - 7. The exponent agrees with the batch data to within one percent and the partition coefficient is within a factor of two. The implications of these results to environmental transport modeling are discussed. (Copyright (c) 1990 Elsevier Science Publishers B.V.) |
| Supplementary Notes |
Pub. in Jnl. of Contaminant Hydrology, v5 n3 p235-251 1989. Sponsored by Robert S. Kerr Environmental Research Lab., Ada, OK. Ground Water Research Branch. |
| NTIS Title Notes |
Journal article. |
| Title Annotations |
Reprint: Effect of pH Concentration on the Transport of Naphthalene in Saturated Aquifer Media. |
| Category Codes |
68D#; 48G |
| NTIS Prices |
PC A03/MF A01 |
| Primary Description |
600/15 |
| Document Type |
NT |
| Cataloging Source |
NTIS/MT |
| Control Number |
036519464 |
| Origin |
NTIS |
| Type |
CAT |
