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Assessing Soil and Groundwater Impacts of Chemical Mixture Releases from Hazardous Materials Transportation Incidents (2010) / Chapter Skim
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... 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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... 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 ρ Density σ Surface tension of a NAPL against air σow The interfacial tension between the mixture and water P Vapor Pressure S The solubility in water η Dynamic viscosity σi,j As the co-solvency power of the solvent for the compound i in co-solvent j γ Activity Coefficient Cs Concentration in Source Zone (mg/L)
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