Abstract
The adsorption and desorption of atrazine, and its three metabolites, deethylatrazine (DEA), deisopropylatrazine (DIA), and hydroxyatrazine (HA), on Levy wetland soil were measured using the batch equilibration technique. Solution concentrations for each chemical were 1.3, 3.8, 6.6, and 13.2 μmol L-1. Four 24-h period desorptions for each concentration were conducted immediately after adsorption. The adsorption of all the chemicals conformed to linear isotherms. Adsorption coefficients decreased in the order HA (109.7) > atrazine (38.6) > DIA (26.3) > DEA (22.1). The organic carbon partition coefficients (Koc) for HA, atrazine, DIA, and DEA were 1500, 440, 290, and 240 L kg-1, respectively. Percent of chemical desorbed was about 29% for DEA, 24% for atrazine, 23% for DIA, and 16% for HA. The slopes of all desorption isotherms were less than their respective adsorption slopes, indicating hysteresis. Atrazine and its metabolites were relatively more strongly adsorbed and the binding was less reversible in t...
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