Research Article

Biodegradation Kinetics of Benzene and Naphthalene in the Vadose and Saturated Zones of a (Semi)-arid Saline Coastal Soil Environment

Table 1

Properties of benzene and naphthalene used in this study. and are the octanol-water partitioning coefficient and organic carbon-water partitioning coefficient from Mabey et al. [33], respectively.

CompoundMolecular weight (g Mol-1) (-) (-)

Benzene78.1113565
Naphthalene128.171950940