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Volatilization is treated using the approach suggested by Jury et al. (1983). Three<br />

contributing D values are deduced.<br />

An air boundary layer D value, D E, is deduced as the product of area A, a mass<br />

transfer coefficient k V, and the Z value of air, i.e., A k V Z A.<br />

Jury has suggested that k V be calculated as the ratio of the chemical’s molecular<br />

diffusivity in air (0.43 m 2 /day or 0.018 m 2 /h being a typical value), and an air<br />

boundary layer thickness of 4.75 mm (0.00475 m); thus, k V is typically 3.77 m/h.<br />

Another k V value may be selected to reflect different micrometerological conditions.<br />

An air-in-soil diffusion D value characterizes the rate of transfer of chemical<br />

vapor through the soil in the interstitial air phase. The Millington–Quirk equation<br />

is used to deduce an effective diffusivity B EA from the air phase molecular diffusivity<br />

B A as outlined in Chapter 7, namely,<br />

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B EA = B A v A 10/3 /(vA + v W) 2<br />

where v A is the volume fraction of air, and v W is the volume fraction of water. If v W<br />

is small, this reduces to a dependence on v A to the power 1.33. A diffusion path<br />

length Y must be specified, which is the vertical distance from the position of the<br />

chemical of interest to the soil surface; i.e., it is not the “tortuous” distance. The air<br />

diffusion D value D A is then B EA A Z A/Y<br />

A similar approach is used to calculate the D value for chemical diffusion in the<br />

water phase in the soil, except that the molecular diffusivity in water B W is used (a<br />

value of 4.3 ¥ 10 –5 m 2 /day being assumed), and the water volume fraction and Z<br />

value being used, namely,<br />

where<br />

D W = B EWAZ W/Y<br />

B EW = B Wv W 10/3 /(vA + v W) 2<br />

Since the diffusion D values D A and D W apply in parallel, the total D value for<br />

chemical transfer from bulk soil to the soil surface is (D A + D W). The boundary layer<br />

D value then applies in series so that the overall volatilization D value, D V, is given<br />

as illustrated in Figure 8.2 as<br />

1/D V = 1/D E + 1/(D A + D W)<br />

Selection of the diffusion path length Y involves an element of judgement. If,<br />

for example, chemical is equally distributed in the top 20 cm of soil, an average<br />

value of 10 cm for Y may be appropriate as a first estimate. This will greatly<br />

underestimate the volatilization rate of chemical at the surface. Since the rate is<br />

inversely proportional to Y, a more appropriate single value of Y as the average<br />

between two depths Y 1 and Y 2 is the log mean of Y 1 and Y 2, i.e., (Y 1 – Y 2)/ln(Y 1/Y 2).<br />

Unfortunately, a zero (surface) value of Y cannot be used when calculating the log

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