Problem
Siloxanes are used in the manufacture of a number of household and industrial products for everyday use. It is therefore of importance to know its distribution in the environment. Consider octamethyl cyclotetrasiloxane (D4) whose properties are given below: Kaw = 0.50, logKow = 5.09, logKsw = 2.87 For an evaluative environment of total volume 109 m3 which is 50% air, 40% water, and 10% sediment, which compartment will have the highest fraction of D4? Use the fugacity level I model.
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