Values in the parentheses for KPOM, KF_AC, KF_DOM, KF_Bio, and 1/n are geometric mean 95% confidence intervals
† IUPAC # and corresponding PCB molecule name: IUPAC #4, 2,2’-dichlorobiphenyl; IUPAC #12, 3,4-dichlorobiphenyl; IUPAC #18, 2,2’,5-trichlorobiphenyl; IUPAC#54, 2,2’,6,6’-tetrachlorobiphenyl; IUPAC #53, 2,2’,5,6’-tetrachlorobiphenyl; IUPAC#52, 2,2’,5,5’-tetrachlorobiphenyl; IUPAC #72, 2,3’,5,5’-tetrachlorobiphenyl; IUPAC #77, 3,3’,4,4’-tetrachlorobiphenyl; IUPAC #126, 3,3’,4,4’,5-pentachlorobiphenyl
‡ Homolog group
§ Number in parenthesis is the number of ortho-chlorines on each congener
£ PCB partition coefficient between water and POM from Jonker and Koelmans (16)
¥ log KOW values are from Hawker and Connell (29)
NR Not Reported by Jonker and Koelmans (16)
NL Data in non-linear partitioning range and was not used in this analysis
Table 4. Isotherm coefficients for 9 PCB congeners on POM, virgin activated carbon (AC), DOM preloaded AC, and biofilm covered AC