• Potential Application of Environmental Tracer in Hydrogeochemistry Using Sorption Properties
  • Choung, Sungwook;Chang, Seeun;Kim, Minkyung;Kim, Sungpyo;Um, Wooyong;
  • Division of Advanced Nuclear Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH);Division of Advanced Nuclear Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH);Division of Advanced Nuclear Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH);Department of Environmental Engineering, Korea University;Division of Advanced Nuclear Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH);
  • 환경 추적자의 흡착 특성을 이용한 수리지화학적 활용 가능성 고찰
  • 정성욱;장세은;김민경;김성표;엄우용;
  • 포항공과대학교 첨단원자력공학부;포항공과대학교 첨단원자력공학부;포항공과대학교 첨단원자력공학부;고려대학교 환경시스템공학과;포항공과대학교 첨단원자력공학부;
Abstract
This study provided sorption properties of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), and elucidated potential application of CFC sorption data in hydrogeochemistry. Prior sorption studies were reviewed for hydrophobic organic compounds similar to the CFCs, because there were only few CFC sorption studies. The CFCs are regarded as relatively conservative chemicals in groundwater environments based on their moderate hydrophobicity. However, thermally altered carbonaceous matter (TACM) can significantly increase sorption capacity and nonlinearity for hydrophobic organic compounds such as CFCs, compared to general soil organic matter. CFC sorption behavior are close to the sorption for reviewed organic chemicals. Therefore, the CFC sorption data can be used for determining hydrogeochemical properties and predicting transport of organic contaminants in TACM-containing aquifer environments.

Keywords: Chlorofluorocarbons;Sorption;Carbonaceous matter;Groundwater age;Hydrophobic organic compounds;

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This Article

  • 2012; 17(6): 59-68

    Published on Dec 31, 2012

  • 10.7857/JSGE.2012.17.6.059
  • Received on Nov 8, 2012
  • Revised on Nov 27, 2012
  • Accepted on Nov 27, 2012