Air-soil exchange of PCBs: Seasonal variations in levels and fluxes with influence of equilibrium conditions

TAŞDEMİR Y., SALİHOĞLU G., SALİHOĞLU N. K., Birgul A.

ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION, vol.169, pp.90-97, 2012 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 169
  • Publication Date: 2012
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.envpol.2012.05.022
  • Journal Name: ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.90-97
  • Keywords: Fugacity fraction, Homologue groups, Soil temperature, Bursa city, PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS, POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL CONGENERS, POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC-HYDROCARBONS, HENRYS LAW CONSTANTS, ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES, TEMPERATURE-DEPENDENCE, SURFACE SOILS, AMBIENT CONCENTRATIONS, INDUSTRIAL-AREA, TEMPORAL TRENDS
  • Bursa Uludag University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

The variations in the occurrences of PCB congeners both in soil and air were investigated in conjunction with each other, and the changes in the fugacity fractions and flux levels were examined on a seasonal basis. Air and soil samples were collected concurrently two or three times in a month during a one-year monitoring at two different locations in Bursa, located in the northwestern Turkey. Fugacity fractions and net flux levels of PCB congeners were calculated.