Adsorption of Chlorothalonil and Dicofol by the Soil of Cheju Island
In order to investigate the adsorption characteristics of organochlorine pesticides chlorothalonil and dicofol with soil colors and regions for soils of an orange orchard, the soils were sampled at 3 regions, respectively, among black volcanic, dark brown volcanic, and brown nonvolcanic soils. Every soil has a higher clay proportion (49-75%) in soil texture and the organic carbon content and cation exchange capacity with soil decreased in the following sequence: Black volcanic > Dark brown volcanic > Brown nonvolcanic soils. Especially those in black volcanic soils were much higher than others.
The retention time, quantitative detection limit, and extractian, efficiencies of chlorothalonil and dicofol were 2.82min, 1.5ng/mL, 93.6% and 3.64min, 4.5ng/mL, 94.2%, repectively.
The Freundlich constant, Kd, was higher in dicofol compared to chlorothalonil and in the black volcanic soils that have higher organic carbon content and cation exchange capacity. The Freundlich constant, 1/n, was in the range of 0.76-0.89 in the black volcanic soils that have a higher organic matter(16.4-19.8%), whereas it was in the range of 1.02-1.13 in the brown nonvolcanic soils that have a lower organic matter(2.4-3.4%), and so it was considered that 1/n was dependent on the organic matter.