3.1 - Measuring Concentration and Driving Force
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What is concentration?
💡 Hint: Think about what we measure in environmental samples.
How do we define flux?
💡 Hint: This relates to how substances move across boundaries.
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What is the primary method for measuring concentration in soil?
💡 Hint: Think about how samples are physically taken from the ground.
True or False: The flux of a contaminant is independent of moisture content.
💡 Hint: Recall the impact of wet versus dry soil conditions.
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An agricultural field shows contaminants fluxing into the air. If the soil moisture increases from 5% to 20%, how would you expect the driving force and flux to change? Discuss your reasoning.
💡 Hint: Consider how moisture content impacts both diffusion and concentration.
Calculate the expected concentration of a pollutant if, during a 10-hour monitoring period, the input flux is 100 units, and the output flux is 60 units. What is the net change?
💡 Hint: Use the mass balance equation to derive the result.
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