A partition-limited model for the plant uptake of organic contaminants from soil and water

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作者
Chiou, CT
Sheng, GY
Manes, M
机构
[1] US Geol Survey, Denver Fed Ctr, Denver, CO 80225 USA
[2] Univ Arkansas, Dept Crop & Soil Environm Sci, Fayetteville, AR 72701 USA
[3] Kent State Univ, Dept Chem, Kent, OH 44242 USA
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10.1021/es0017561
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X [环境科学、安全科学];
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08 ; 0830 ;
摘要
In dealing with the passive transport of organic contaminants from soils to plants (including crops), a partition-limited model is proposed in which (i) the maximum (equilibrium) concentration of a contaminant in any location in the plant is determined by partition equilibrium with its concentration in the soil interstitial water, which in turn is determined essentially by the concentration in the soil organic matter (SOM) and (ii) the extent of approach to partition equilibrium, as measured by the ratio of the contaminant concentrations in plant water and soil interstitial water, alpha (pt) (less than or equal to 1), depends on the transport rate of the contaminant in soil water into the plant and the volume of soil water solution that is required for the plant contaminant level to reach equilibrium with the external soil-water phase. Through reasonable estimates of plant organic-water compositions and of contaminant partition coefficients with various plant components, the model accounts for calculated values of alpha (pt) in several published crop-contamination studies, including near-equilibrium values (i.e., alpha (pt) similar or equal to 1) for relatively water-soluble contaminants and lower values for much less soluble contaminants; the differences are attributed to the much higher partition coefficients of the less soluble compounds between plant lipids and plant water, which necessitates much larger volumes of the plant water transport for achieving the equilibrium capacities. The model analysis indicates that for plants with high water contents the plant-water phase acts as the major reservoir for highly water-soluble contaminants. By contrast, the lipid in a plant, even at small amounts, is usually the major reservoir for highly water-insoluble contaminants.
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页码:1437 / 1444
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