Soil Burdens of Persistent Organic Pollutants: Their Levels, Fate, and Risks. Part IV. Quantification of Volatilization Fluxes of Organochlorine Pesticides and Polychlorinated Biphenyls from Contaminated Soil Surfaces

• Authors: KOBLIŽKOVÁ Martina; RŮŽIČKOVÁ Petra; ČUPR Pavel; KOMPRDA Jiří; HOLOUBEK Ivan; KLÁNOVÁ Jana
• Year of publication: 2009
• Type: Article in Periodical
• Magazine / Source: Environmental Science and Technology
• MU Faculty or unit: Faculty of Science
• Field: Soil contamination adn decontamination incl. pesticides
• Keywords: Volatilization; Soils; POPs
• Description: A volatilization chamber was applied for determination of the volatilization fluxes of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and organochlorine pesticides (OCPs). The volatilization fluxes were determined for 13 model compounds at 3-5 concentration levels, for two soil organic carbon contents, and two wind velocities. Experimentally derived values were compared to those predicted by the fugacity model.

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