Experimental study on effect of anion surfactant on degradation rate of aldicarb in soil

Degradation kinetics of aldicarb [2-methyl-2-(methylthio) propionaldehyde O-(methyl carbamoyl) oxime] in surface and subsurface soil containing different levels of sodium dodecylbenzenesulfonate (SDBS) were determined to understand complex effect of SDBS on aldicarb degradation process. The results showed that degradation curves of aldicarb in soil can be described with first order kinetics formula and the degradation rate constant. k (d(-1)), in surface soil was larger than that in subsurface soil. SDBS can accelerate the degradation of aldicarb in soil and there was a good linear relationship between degradation rate constant and the logarithm of SDBS concentration. The possible reasons were that SDBS could change pH value of soil, have solubilization effect on aldicarb, and be used as carbon source of microorganisms. But SDBS had a larger promotion to the degradation of aldicarb in surface than in subsurface soil. When SDBS concentration was 1000 mg/kg of dried soil the first order degradation rate constant of aldicarb could be increased by 56.6 percent in surface soil and by 27.6 percent in subsurface soil, respectively.