ALARCON, Paulo C., Zoran KITANOVSKI, Mohsen PADERVAND, Ulrich POESCHL, Gerhard LAMMEL and Cornelius ZETZSCH. Atmospheric Hydroxyl Radical Reaction Rate Coefficient and Total Environmental Lifetime of α-Endosulfan. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY. WASHINGTON: AMER CHEMICAL SOC, 2023, vol. 57, No 42, p. 15999-16005. ISSN 0013-936X. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.3c06009.
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Original name Atmospheric Hydroxyl Radical Reaction Rate Coefficient and Total Environmental Lifetime of α-Endosulfan
Authors ALARCON, Paulo C., Zoran KITANOVSKI, Mohsen PADERVAND, Ulrich POESCHL, Gerhard LAMMEL (276 Germany, guarantor, belonging to the institution) and Cornelius ZETZSCH.
Edition ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, WASHINGTON, AMER CHEMICAL SOC, 2023, 0013-936X.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 10511 Environmental sciences
Country of publisher United States of America
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
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Impact factor Impact factor: 11.400 in 2022
RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14310/23:00133138
Organization unit Faculty of Science
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.3c06009
UT WoS 001090945700001
Keywords in English hydroxyl radical; reaction kinetics; organochlorinepesticide; persistent organic pollutant; multicompartmentaldistribution
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Abstract
Endosulfan is a persistent organochlorine pesticide that was globally distributed before it was banned and continues to cycle in the Earth system. The chemical kinetics of the gas-phase reaction of alpha-endosulfan with the hydroxyl radical (OH) was studied by means of pulsed vacuum UV flash photolysis and time-resolved resonance fluorescence (FP-RF) as a function of temperature in the range of 348-395 K and led to a second-order rate coefficient k(OH) = 5.8 x 10(-11) exp(-1960K/T) cm(3) s(-1) with an uncertainty range of 7 x 10(-12) exp(-1210K/T) to 4 x 10(-10) exp(-2710K/T) cm(3) s(-1). This corresponds to an estimated photochemical atmospheric half-life in the range of 3-12 months, which is much longer than previously assumed (days to weeks). Comparing the atmospheric concentrations observed after the global ban of endosulfan with environmental multimedia model predictions, we find that photochemical degradation in the atmosphere is slower than the model-estimated biodegradation in soil or water and that the latter limits the total environmental lifetime of endosulfan. We conclude that the lifetimes typically assumed for soil and aquatic systems are likely underestimated and should be revisited, in particular, for temperate and warm climates.
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