Accession Number:

AD1031592

Title:

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

Descriptive Note:

[Technical Report, Final Report]

Corporate Author:

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Personal Author(s):

• Gschwend, Philip M.

Report Date:

2015-07-01

Pagination or Media Count:

39

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.

Descriptors:

• chemistry
• liquid chromatography
• polycyclic hydrocarbons, aromatic
• organic chemicals
• organic chemistry
• department of defense
• dielectric gases
• carbon nanotubes
• cyclic hydrocarbons
• particulate matter
• aqueous solutions
• electrons
• equations
• flow rate
• free energy
• materials
• organic materials
• research facilities
• sorption
• accuracy

Subject Categories:

• Organic Chemistry

Distribution Statement:

[A, Approved For Public Release]