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Estimation of soil organic partition coefficients: From retention factors measured by soil column chromatography with water as eluent

  • Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • Helmholtz Zentrum München German Research Center for Environmental Health

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Abstract

The retention factors (k) of 104 hydrophobic organic chemicals (HOCs) were measured in soil column chromatography (SCC) over columns filled with three naturally occurring reference soils and eluted with Milli-Q water. A novel method for the estimation of soil organic partition coefficient (Koc) was developed based on correlations with k in soil/water systems. Strong log Koc versus log k correlations (r>0.96) were found. The estimated Koc values were in accordance with the literature values with a maximum deviation of less than 0.4 log units. All estimated Koc values from three soils were consistent with each other. The SCC approach is promising for fast screening of a large number of chemicals in their environmental applications.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)7-16
Number of pages10
JournalJournal of Chromatography A
Volume968
Issue number1-2
DOIs
StatePublished - 30 Aug 2002
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Hydrophobic organic compounds
  • Partition coefficients
  • Retention factors
  • Soil column chromatography

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