Zusammenfassung
Um SCAP – short chained alkylphenols – als kontaminationsspezifischen Fingerabdruck sowie als Transport- und Prozessindikatoren im Grundwasser nutzen zu können, müssen die einzelnen Verbindungen entsprechende Unterschiede in ihren chemisch-physikalischen Eigenschaften aufweisen. Die für Phenol noch sehr guten Wasserlöslichkeiten sinken mit weiterer Alkylierung. Während das Phenol sehr kleine Verteilungsgleichgewichtskoeffizienten logKOW und logKOC hat, steigen diese mit zunehmendem Alkylierungsgrad innerhalb der Gruppe der SCAP an. Hieraus resultiert deren Fraktionierungspotenzial beim Transport, welches anhand eines Feldbeispiels veranschaulicht wird. Bewertungen der Toxizität und des Abbauverhaltens zeigen Diskrepanzen über den Kenntnisstand der SCAP auf, deuten die Machbarkeit von Natural Attenuation aber prinzipiell an. Die aufgezeigten umweltrelevanten Eigenschaften belegen das äußerst dynamische Transportverhalten kurzkettiger Alkylphenole und eröffnen somit neue Anwendungspotenziale wie deren Nutzung als Transport- und Prozessindikatoren.
Abstract
The use of SCAPs – short-chained alkyl phenols – as industrial fingerprints and as process- and transport-indicators in groundwater is based on their environmental behaviour. The chemical and physical properties have to be different enough between each compound in order to observe fractionation during transport. Water solubility is high for phenols and decreases with the amount of alkylation. The partitioning coefficients logKOW and logKOW for phenols are very small and increase with growing degrees of alkylation. This leads to fractionation of the compounds within the aquifer, which was demonstrated in a field study. In spite of limited literature data on toxicity and degradability for some SCAP compounds, natural attenuation is still a possible remediation technique. Overall, the environmental behaviour of SCAPs indicates that they are mobile in aquifers. This creates opportunities for new applications such as their use as process- and transport-indicators in the assessment of contaminated sites.
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Fischer, S., Licha, T. & Markelova, E. Transportverhalten kurzkettiger Alkylphenole (SCAP) im Grundwasser und in der Umwelt. Grundwasser 19, 119–126 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00767-013-0233-5
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