3.3 - Steady State System Assumptions
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What is the soil-air interface?
💡 Hint: Think of where two different materials meet.
Define the partition coefficient.
💡 Hint: It involves two states like soil and air.
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What is meant by the soil-air interface?
💡 Hint: Focus on the connection between soil and its surrounding environment.
Is the partition coefficient constant regardless of soil conditions?
💡 Hint: Consider how different states of soil affect chemical behavior.
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Consider a scenario where a farm using pesticides faces a drought. Analyze the potential changes in contaminant flux into groundwater over a three-month period.
💡 Hint: Visualize the effects of both dry conditions and contamination layering.
Given historical data of contaminant levels at different times of the year, propose a method for measurement that would best assess flux over changing conditions.
💡 Hint: Think of how to link seasonal changes with your measurements.
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