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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Environ Sci Technol. 2010 Oct 1;44(19):7596–7600. doi: 10.1021/es101312n

Table 2.

Data sets for aqueous-phase interfacial partitioning tracer tests.

Porous Medium Sn Na Data Source
Vinton Soil 0.15 4 This study
Eustis Soil 0.17 4 This study
Mixed sand 0.26 2 Brusseau et al. 15b
45–50 mesh sand 0.17 8 Brusseau et al. 15b
12–20 mesh sand 0.29 6 Dobson et al., 16
20–30 mesh sand 0.28 5 Dobson et al., 16
30–40 mesh sand 0.27 6 Dobson et al., 16
40–50 mesh sand 0.28 5 Dobson et al., 16
10–20 mesh sand 0.12 1 Cho and Annable, 11c
20–30 mesh sand 0.14 1 Cho and Annable, 11c
30–40 mesh sand 0.12 1 Cho and Annable, 11c
40–60 mesh sand 0.15 1 Cho and Annable, 11c
80–100 mesh sand 0.16 1 Cho and Annable, 11c
40–100 mesh sand 0.19 3 Saripalli et al., 4c
40–50 mesh sand variable 5 Schaefer et al., 8d

Sn = saturation of organic liquid

a

number of measurements

b

denoted as “UA sand data” in Figure 2

c

denoted as “UFL data” in Figure 2

d

this study was conducted using the surfactant mass balance method under drainage conditions; all other studies employed the advective tracer-test method with the organic liquid at residual saturation (imbibition conditions).