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A method for assessing soil vapor intrusion from petroleum release sites: Multi-phase/multi-fraction partitioning
Abstract:
A model and spreadsheet-based numeric approximation for computing risk-based soil cleanup level to
be protective of petroleum-contaminated soil to an indoor air exposure pathway is presented. The algorithm
incorporates traditional equilibrium partitioning equations (3 or 4-phase) for the conservation of
mass and volume, as well as Raoult's law convention, and subsequent diffusive and convective transport
mechanisms.
Keywords:
Raoult's Law, Soil Vapor, Equilibrium, Petroleum, Indoor Air, Partitioning