Practice - Environmental Implications
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Practice Questions
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What is a partitioning constant?
💡 Hint: Think about how substances mix in water versus settling in soil.
Define mass balance in terms of environmental science.
💡 Hint: Imagine keeping track of all your ingredients when cooking a recipe.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What does the partitioning constant indicate?
💡 Hint: It relates to how substances behave in different environments.
True or False? A mass balance must account for all species in a chemical system.
💡 Hint: Think about conservation laws in science.
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Challenge Problems
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If a contaminant has a partitioning constant of 5, and 200 kg is introduced into 1000L water and a soil matrix of 300kg, calculate the expected concentration in each phase if full equilibrium is assumed.
💡 Hint: You may need to convert units and remember the mass balance!
Explain how soil composition (such as organic carbon content) could affect the partitioning of a hydrophobic contaminant. What calculations would need to be modified?
💡 Hint: Think about how water affinity and solid binding might differ by composition.
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