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Application of an Evaporative Loss Model to Estimate the Persistence of Contaminants in Lentic Environments

Spacie, A
Assistant professor, Purdue University, Lafayette, Ind.

Hamelink, JL
Senior scientist, Lilly Research Laboratories, Greenfield, Ind.

Waybrant, RC
Limnologist, Water Management Bureau, Lansing, Mich.

Pages: 14    Published: Jan 1977

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Abstract

A simple, two-layer model for predicting evaporative losses of nonionic synthetic chemicals from water is presented. Losses from well-stirred small vessels are predicted accurately. Losses from thermally stratified bodies of water were poorly predicted because turbulent mixing processes at the interfaces were retarded.