Question: Problem 1 ( 1 0 pts ) . ( The quintessential problem of Module 3 , a problem found everywhere online and one which you

Problem 1(10 pts).(The quintessential problem of Module 3, a problem found everywhere
online and one which you will likely see again.) Atrazine seeps out of a solid into wet soil at the
soil surface. Soil typically has several layers, including the O-horizon ("organics"), the A-horizon
("topsoil"), the B-horizon, etc. down until the bedrock layer. We will consider two-layer soil with
only the topsoil (20cm) and the clay or bedrock below. The atrazine does not penetrate the
clay/bedrock or the soil solids in this example. The soil is saturated with water and the water
fraction is 0.60. For the pore diffusivity of atrazine through this wet soil, make a simplifying
assumption that Dae' =DAB*** epsilon^2 without calculating DAK. The solubility of atrazine in
water at 20C is 30mgL, its molar mass is 216gmol, the temperature is 20C, and the rate
constant is 5e-4hr???-1 at 20C.
(a) Calculate the diffusivity of atrazine in pure water at 20C using the Wilke-Chang model.
Viscosity of water at 20C is 1cP, the association parameter for water is 2.6(dimensionless),
and the molal volume of atrazine at its boiling point is 170cm3mol.
(b) What is the flux at the soil/clay interface, which occurs at a depth of 20cm?
(c) Convert the solubility of atrazine in water to units of molL and the rate constant to units of
s???-1. The diffusion coefficient (cm???2s) and the depth (cm) can remain in the given units.
(d) Calculate the diffusion coefficient for atrazine in the soil, starting with your answer from (a),
which should have been between 6 and 710???-6cm???2s.
(e) What is the concentration of atrazine at a depth of 6cm?
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