Partitioning of Dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane and Its Metabolites Between Artificial Solid Media and Air

Zhang, Yaping; Bi, Erping; Chen, Honghan

Partitioning of Dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane and Its Metabolites Between Artificial Solid Media and Air

2016

Zhang, Yaping | Bi, Erping | Chen, Honghan

Soil–air partitioning is an important diffusive process affecting the environmental fate of organic compounds. In this study, the soil–air partition coefficients (K SA) for dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane and its metabolites (designated as DDTs, the sum of p, p′- and o, p′-isomers of DDT, DDD, and DDE) over a temperature range from 5 to 50 °C in artificial solid media were determined by a solid–fugacity meter. The results showed that log K SA gradually increased with soil organic carbon content (f OC). A reversed relationship was observed between log K SA values and the environmental temperatures (T). The enthalpy changes (ΔH SA) indicated that o, p′-isomers required more energy to release from artificial solid media to the gas phase. Moreover, with increasing temperature, the slope of the regression line of log K SA vs. log K OA (octanol–air partition coefficient) was approaching to 1. Based on factors influencing soil–air partitioning and the experimental data, a multiple parameter (T, f OC, and K OA) model was used to predict the K SA values for DDTs.

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