Table 4.
Degradation constant rate of the aliphatic and aromatic fractions.
| Degradation constant rate ka (d−1) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soil A |
Soil B |
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| Aliphatic | Aromatic | Aliphatic | Aromatic | |
| Natural attenuation | −0.0084 | −0.0016 | −0.0065 | −0.0021 |
| BioS (Soil A) | −0.0104 | −0.0022 | −0.0086 | −0.0023 |
| Grinding + BioS | −0.0078 | −0.0020 | – | – |
| BioS + BioA | −0.0092 | −0.0023 | −0.0081 | 0.023 |
k was calculated from equation: 1n[TPH] = −kt + b.