• Fate and Toxicity of Spilled Chemicals in Groundwater and Soil Environment III: organics
  • Jeong, Seulki;Moon, Hee Sun;Shin, Doyun;
  • Seoul Center, Korea Basic Science Institute;Geologic Environment Division, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM);Mineral Resources Division, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM);
  • 사고 누출 화학물질의 지하수 및 토양 환경 내 거동 및 환경 독성 특성 III: 유기화학물질을 중심으로
  • 정슬기;문희선;신도연;
  • 한국기초과학지원연구원 서울센터;한국지질자원연구원 지질환경연구본부;한국지질자원연구원 광물자원연구본부;
Abstract
This study presents a technical perspective to the fate characteristics of phenol and m-cresol, which represent some of the most common organic chemicals found in chemical spill accidents, and likely to persist in soil and groundwater due to their highly stable physicochemical properties. Some cases of domestic and foreign chemical accidents linked to phenol and m-cresol contamination were compiled. Due to their low organic carbon-water partitioning coefficient (Koc), phenol and m-cresol tend to migrate into groundwater and remained as dissolved phase. On the other hands, phenol and m-cresol can be readily decomposed by microbes in soil and groundwater under appropriate conditions. Therefore, the fate characteristics of these chemicals are highly contingent on environmental conditions. Thus, if a great quantity of leakage is occurred by chemical accidents, the up-to-date and correct information about fate characteristics taking into account both the chemical and environmental conditions is greatly needed to minimized the potential hazards from these chemicals.

Keywords: Phenol;m-cresol;Soil;Organic chemicals;Groundwater;Chemical accident;

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