Characterizing the solid–solution partitioning coefficient and plant uptake factor of As,Cd, and Pb in California croplands

In risk assessment models, solid–solution partition coefficient, K_d, and plant uptake factor, PUF, are often employed to depict the fate and transport of trace elements in soils. The trustworthiness of risk assessments depends on the reliability of the parameters used. In this study, we examined K_d and PUF for As, Cd and Pb based on soils and plant tissues obtained from 70 crop production fields in California. We also examined the California portion of a nationwide survey of trace elements in cropland soils conducted by the Soil Survey, Natural Resources Conservation Service, USDA. Results showed that the K_d and PUF for cropland soils are probabilistic in nature and follow log-normal distributions. The trace element concentration of the soil solution did not appear to be a more appropriate estimator of PUF than the total soil element content. The K_d used in the CDFA (California Department of Food and Agriculture) study had a much wider range than that could occur in California croplands while the PUF used in the CDFA risk assessment was comparable to patterns observed in the field measurements.     

水泥注浆中六价铬总溶出量的影响因素研究

水泥注浆过程中析出液中的六价铬Cr(Ⅵ)易造成地下水的重金属污染,对生态和环境具有较大危害性,为了有效降低水泥注浆中Cr(Ⅵ)总溶出量,采用化学还原的方法,探讨了各种降铬剂及其掺量对降低Cr(Ⅵ)总溶出量的效果,研究了颗粒粒度、液固比对Cr(Ⅵ)总溶出量的影响.结果 表明,硫酸亚铁降铬剂的效果最显著,当用量在3％以内时...     

Dispersion climatology in a coastal zone

A crosswind integrated K-model with wind- and K-profiles described by Monin-Obukhov similarity expressions is solved for a continuous surface release to yield the vertical spread of the plume as a function of the surface roughness z₀ and the Monin-Obukhov length L for a given downwind distance. The vertical spread of the plume is translated into σ_z, and lines were traced in a (z₀, L⁻) plane for which the σ_z of the K-model matched the corresponding σ_z of Pasquill's system. By this technique a new classification scheme is constructed. Knowing z₀ and L, the scheme tells which σ_z curve in the Pasquill system should be used to describe the dispersion.This dispersion classification scheme is used to organize 3 years of data from two meteorological masts, one placed directly at a shoreline and the other roughly 1 km inland. Differences in the dispersion climatology over land and water are studied by averaging the data selectively. The large differences for water and land surfaces between the seasonal and diurnal variation of the dispersion class distributions are illustrated. It is found that the water surface influences the dispersion climatology as far as 20 km inland.