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LIST OF ACRONYMS AND SYMBOLS
AAR Association of American Railroads
API American Petroleum Institute
ATSDR Agency for Toxic Substances & Disease Registry
BTEX benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylene
BTS Bureau of Transportation Statistics
CAMEO Computer-Aided Management of Emergency Operations
CAS # Chemical Abstract Service registry number, which is unique identification
for chemicals. It is also referred to as CAS RN.
CFS Commodity Flow Survey
CHEMTREC Chemical Transportation Emergency Center
DGAC Dangerous Goods Advisory Council
DNAPL Dense Non-aqueous Phase Liquid
DOE U.S. Department of Energy
DOT U.S. Department of Transportation
EAWAG Swiss Federal Institute for Environmental Science and Technology
EPA U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
EPIWIN Estimation Program Interface Suite
FDEP Florida Department of Environmental Protection
FGCU Florida Gulf Coast University
HAZMAT Hazardous Materials
HMCRP Hazardous Materials Cooperative Research Program
HSDB Hazardous Substance Data Bank
HSSM Hydrocarbon spill screening model
IAFC International Association of Fire Chiefs
IRIS Integrated Risk Information System
ISI Institute for Scientific Information
IUPAC International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
KOPT Kinematic Oily Pollutant Transport
LFER Linear Free Energy Relationship
LNAPL Light non-aqueous phase liquids
LSER Linear Solvation Energy Relationship
LSST Linear Solvation Strength Theory
MHMI Managing Hazardous Materials Incident
MIT Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MOFAT Multiphase Flow & Multicomponent Transport Model
MSDS Material Safety Data Sheets
NAPL Non-aqueous Phase Liquid
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NIST National Institute of Standards and Technology
NOS Not Otherwise Specified
NTSB National Transportation Safety Board
OPP Office of Pesticide Programs
TRB Transportation Research Board
TSG Transient Source Gaussian Plume
UN/NA # United Nations or North American Identification Numbers
Aerobic t1/2 The half-life time of a component under aerobic conditions. The smaller
the half-life time, the faster the chemical decay.
Anaerobic t1/2 The half life time of a component under anaerobic conditions
Da Diffusion coefficient in air
Dw Diffusion coefficient in water
Dm Diffusion coefficient in mixture
foc Fraction organic carbon
I Hydraulic gradient (ft/ft)
K Hydraulic conductivity (ft/yr)
Ki, am Partition coefficient between air and the mixture, which is relevant for
phase equilibrium and the concentration in air
Ki, aw Partition coefficient between air and water (unitless)
Ki, mw Partition coefficient between the mixture and water, which is relevant for
phase equilibrium and the solubility in water
Ki, oc Partition coefficient of a component between organic carbon and water,
which is relevant for adsorption of a NAPL to sediment and the retardation
factor of a NAPL travel velocity
Kow Partition coefficient between octanol and water
MW Molecular weight of the component, which is unique for each chemical
Density
Surface tension of a NAPL against air
ow The interfacial tension between the mixture and water
P Vapor Pressure
S The solubility in water
Dynamic viscosity
i,j As the co-solvency power of the solvent for the compound i in co-solvent j
Activity Coefficient
Cs Concentration in Source Zone (mg/L)
C0 Concentration in Source Zone at t=0 (mg/L)
x Longitudinal groundwater dispersivity (ft)
y Transverse groundwater dispersivity (ft)
z Vertical groundwater dispersivity (ft)
First-order decay coefficient for dissolved contaminants (yr-1)
ks First-order decay term for source concentration (yr-1) (no decay for the
source concentration based on the assumption of continuous source plume)
e Effective soil porosity
- Soil total porosity
R Constituent retardation factor
