Persistence and biodegradation of four common isomers of benzene hexachloride in submerged soils
Persistence and biodegradation of four common isomers of benzene hexachloride in submerged soils
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六氯化苯四种常见异构体在沉水土壤中的持久性和生物降解
DOI:
10.1021/jf60153a030
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发表时间:
1967
影响因子:
6.1
通讯作者:
T. Castro
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文献类型:
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作者:
I. C. Macrae;K. Raghu;T. Castro
MATERIALS AND METHODSPersistence of BHC. The persistence of the four com-mon isomers of benzene hexachloridein two soils of Luzon (Philippines) was determined. Gas chromato-graphic analysis revealed that each isomer was free of the other isomers. The air-dried soils (Maahas clay. pH 6.6, organic matter 2.0%, total N 0.14% and a latosolic soil, Luisiana clay, pH 4.7, organic matter. 3.2%, total N 0.21%) were screened (2-mm. diameter), placed in large test tubes in 20-gram amounts, flooded to provide a column of standing water (7 cm.), and plugged with cotton. The tubes containing the soil samples were divided into two series so that two different treatments could be made. In the first treatment the soil samples received only one iso-mer of benzene hexachloride at the rate of 300 gg. per 20 grams of soil. The secondseries receivedall four isomers (300 gg. of each isomer per 20 grams of soil). Separately weighed samples of the isomers of benzene hexachloride were added as the dry crystalline material to the standing water in the tubes containing thesoils. To evaluate the significance of biodegradation in losses of the four isomers of benzene hexachloride from submerged soils, sterilized samples of the two soils were prepared and treated in the same way as the nonsterilized soils. Shallow layers of the moistened soils were sterilized by autoclaving at 121c C. for 1 hour on each of three successive days. The tubes containing the treated soil samples were placed in pots containing flooded soil so that the soil and water-surfaces in the tubes and pots coincided, and the pots were kept in the greenhouse for the duration of the experiment. After 0, 15, 30, 50, 70, and 90 days’ incubation in the greenhouse, three replicate tubes of each treatment were withdrawn, the benzene hexachloride was extracted from the soils, and the amount of each isomerremaining in the soils was determined quantitatively by gas chromatography.