Carbon and chlorine isotope fractionation of chlorinated aliphatic hydrocarbons by evaporation

L. Huang; N. C. Sturchio; T. Abrajano; L. J. Heraty; B. D. Holt

doi:10.1016/S0146-6380(99)00060-1

Carbon and chlorine isotope fractionation of chlorinated aliphatic hydrocarbons by evaporation

L. Huang^*, N. C. Sturchio, T. Abrajano, L. J. Heraty, B. D. Holt

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Two pure solvents (trichloroethene and dichloromethane) were evaporated at room temperature (24 ± 1°C). The carbon and chlorine isotopic compositions of the residual solvents were measured as a function of the fraction remaining. Isotopic fractionation factors (α) derived from these experimental results are 1 00031 ± 0.00004 for C and 0.99818 ± 0 00022 for Cl in trichloroethene, and 1.00065 ± 0.00002 for C and 0.99952 ± 0.00006 for Cl in dichloromethane. The negative correlation between δ¹³C and δ³⁷Cl values caused by evaporation of chlorinated aliphatic hydrocarbons can be used to distinguish evaporation from biodegradation in contaminated systems.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	777-785
Number of pages	9
Journal	Organic Geochemistry
Volume	30
Issue number	8 A
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0146-6380(99)00060-1
State	Published - Aug 1999
Externally published	Yes

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