J 2014

Accumulation Kinetics and Equilibrium Partitioning Coefficients for Semivolatile Organic Pollutants in Forest Litter

NIZZETTO, Luca, Xiang LIU, Gan ZHANG, Klára KOMPRDOVÁ, Jiří KOMPRDA et. al.

Basic information

Original name

Accumulation Kinetics and Equilibrium Partitioning Coefficients for Semivolatile Organic Pollutants in Forest Litter

Authors

NIZZETTO, Luca (380 Italy, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Xiang LIU (156 China), Gan ZHANG (156 China), Klára KOMPRDOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Jiří KOMPRDA (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution)

Edition

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, WASHINGTON, AMER CHEMICAL SOC, 2014, 0013-936X

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

10511 Environmental sciences

Country of publisher

United States of America

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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Impact factor

Impact factor: 5.330

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14310/14:00079298

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

UT WoS

000329548800056

Keywords in English

POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; POLYCHLORINATED-BIPHENYLS; PLANT-LEAVES; ORGANOCHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CHEMICAL VAPORS; AIR; PCBS; FATE; BIOCONCENTRATION; SOILS

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International impact, Reviewed
Změněno: 13/3/2015 13:13, Ing. Filip Vaculovič

Abstract

V originále

Soils are important stores of environmentally cycling semivolatile organic contaminants (SVOCs) and represent relevant atmospheric secondary sources whenever environmental conditions favor re-emission. The exchange between air and soil is controlled by resistances posed by interfacial matrices such as the ubiquitously distributed vegetation litter. For the first lime, this study focused on the experimental characterization of accumulation parameters for SVOCs in litter under real field conditions. The logarithm of the litter-air equilibrium partitioning coefficient ranged 6.8-8.9 and had a similar dependence on logK(OA) as that of plant foliage and soil data. Uptake and release rates were also K-OA dependent with values (relevant for real environmental conditions) ranging 30,000-150,000 d(-1) and 0.0004-0.0134 d(-1), respectively. The overall mass transfer coefficient v controlling litter-air exchange (0.03-1.4 cm s(-1)) was consistent with previously reported data of v for foliage in forest canopies after normalization on leaf area index. Obtained data suggest that litter holds the potential for influencing atmospheric fugacity in proximity to soil, likely affecting overall exchange of SVOCs between the soil reservoir and the atmosphere.