Practice - Transport Versus Equilibrium in Environmental Systems
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Practice Questions
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What do partitioning constants measure?
💡 Hint: Think about what happens to chemicals in different materials.
Explain the concept of moisture content.
💡 Hint: Consider how you measure water in soil.
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What is the purpose of partitioning constants?
💡 Hint: Think about what partitioning means for chemicals.
True or False: Mass balance is not needed in environmental engineering.
💡 Hint: Consider how contaminants are tracked in systems.
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Calculate how much of Chemical A (100 kg) goes into water given Koc = 4 and the volume of water is 1000 m³ with a moisture content of 0.5.
💡 Hint: Consider how to express the mass balance between water, solids, and undissolved chemicals.
Discuss the implications of having high moisture content in soil when estimating contaminant transport in a contaminated site.
💡 Hint: Think about how water saturation might influence contaminant behavior.
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