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Toluene in Groundwater

  1. Toluene-contaminated groundwater is transported under a residential dwelling from a nearby gasoline station. Two meters beneath the dirt floor of the basement is the water table. The groundwater is saturated with toluene.  Estimate the flux of toluene into the basement by molecular diffusion (mol/day). Assume the effective diffusion coefficient of hydrocarbon in the soil gas is 0.01 cm2/s.  Also assume the basement is well ventilated (ie Cb =0).  Assume 1 atm and 25o


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