Robust Means for Estimating Black Carbon-Water Sorption Coefficients of Organic Contaminants in Sediments

Abstract

The overarching objective of this project is to improve the fundamental understanding of organic chemical sorption to BCs in sediments while providing a practical means for evaluating this interaction quantitatively. This can be done by elucidating the polyparameter linear free energy relationship (ppLFER) parameters needed to evaluate HOC partitioning between aqueous solution and the water-wet surfaces of BCs, i.e., the compounds' KBC and Freundlich n values, for any compound of interest.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 2015
Accession Number
AD1031592

Entities

People

  • Philip M. Gschwend

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Aqueous Solutions
  • Aromatic Hydrocarbons
  • Aromatic Polycyclic Hydrocarbons
  • Carbon Nanotubes
  • Chemical Synthesis
  • Chemistry
  • Cyclic Hydrocarbons
  • Data Analysis
  • Department Of Defense
  • Detectors
  • Dielectric Gases
  • Electrons
  • Environmental Protection
  • Equations
  • Flow Rate
  • Free Energy
  • Hydrocarbons
  • Liquid Chromatography
  • Materials
  • Organic Chemicals
  • Organic Chemistry
  • Organic Compounds
  • Organic Materials
  • Particulate Matter
  • Polycyclic Hydrocarbons, Aromatic
  • Research Facilities
  • Sorption

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Adaptive Control and Estimation with Uncertainty in Dynamic Systems.
  • Agricultural Chemistry/Soil Science
  • Systems Analysis and Design