Calculate the sorption retardation factor for tetrachloroethylene (PERC) in a si

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Calculate the sorption retardation factor for tetrachloroethylene (PERC) in a silty clayey loam soil. Soil bulk density is 2.5 g/cm3 and effective soil porosity is 31%. Calculate the sorption retardation factor for 1,2-dichloroethane (1,2-DCA) in the same type of soil described above. Based on your results and based on the partition coefficient for the two compounds answer the following questions: Which of the two compounds has a higher retardation factor? Which of the two compounds is more mobile? Justify your answer. Which of the two compounds has higher water solubility? Justify your answer.

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Calculate the sorption retardation factor for tetrachloroethylene (PERC) in a si

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