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. 2016 Oct;161:300–307. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2016.07.032

Table 4.

Degradation constant rate of the aliphatic and aromatic fractions.

Degradation constant rate ka (d−1)
Soil A
Soil B
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
a

k was calculated from equation: 1n[TPH] = −kt + b.