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152 CONTAMINANT SORPTION TO SOILS AND NATURAL SOLIDS

5

EDB only
+ 600 mg/L TCE
Uptake by Soil, Q (mg/g) 4 1.0
+ 5900 mg/L PHL
3

2
0.5

1

0
0 0.01 0.02
0
0 0.04 0.08 0.12 0.16 0.20
Relative Concentration, C /S w
e
Figure 7.17 Sorption of EDB as a single solute and as a binary solute on peat soil
with TCE and PHL as co-solutes at specified equilibrium concentrations. [Data from
Chiou and Kile (1998).]

5

Uptake by Soil, Q (mg/g) 4 DUN only

3

2
+ 300 mg/L EDB

+ 80 mg/L MON
1 + 1070 mg/L EDB
+ 230 mg/L MON
+ 260 mg/DCP
+ 700 mg/L DCP
0
0 0.20 0.40 0.60 0.80 1.00
Relative Concentration, C /S w
e
Figure 7.18 Sorption of DUN as a single solute and as a binary solute on peat soil
with EDB, MON, and DCP as co-solutes at specified equilibrium concentrations. [Data
from Chiou and Kile (1998).]