Sediment pore water distribution coefficients of PCB congeners in enriched black carbon sediment

Andres Martinez; Colin O'Sullivan; Danny Reible; Keri C. Hornbuckle

doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2013.07.015

Sediment pore water distribution coefficients of PCB congeners in enriched black carbon sediment

Andres Martinez, Colin O'Sullivan, Danny Reible, Keri C. Hornbuckle

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Abstract

More than 2300 sediment pore water distribution coefficients (K _{PCBi ds}) of 93 polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) were measured and modeled from sediments from Indiana Harbor and Ship Canal. K_{PCBi ds} were calculated from previously reported bulk sediment values and newly analyzed pore water. PCBs in pore waters were measured using SPME PDMS-fiber and ΣPCB ranged from 41 to 1500 ng L^-1. The resulting K _{PCBi ds} were ∼1 log unit lower in comparison to other reported values. A simple model for the K_{PCBi d} consisted of the product of the organic carbon fraction and the octanol-water partition coefficient and provided an excellent prediction for the measured values, with a mean square error of 0.09 ± 0.06. Although black carbon content is very high in these sediments and was expected to play an important role in the distribution of PCBs, no improvement was obtained when a two-carbon model was used.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	357-363
Number of pages	7
Journal	Environmental Pollution
Volume	182
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2013.07.015
State	Published - 2013

Keywords

Aliphatic compounds
Black carbon
Organic carbon
PCBs
Sediment pore water distribution coefficients

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