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A Method for Determining the Volatility of Herbicides

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

R. Grover
R. Grover*
Affiliation:
Herbicide Behavior in the Environment Section, Res. Sta., Agriculture Canada, Regina, Saskatchewan, S4P 3A2. Canada
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Abstract

The effect of time, flow rate, and temperature on the volatilization of technical grade n-butyl ester of 2,4-D [(2,4-dichlorophenoxy)acetic acid] in a closed air-flow system was evaluated. The amount of ester volatilized was linear with time, at constant temperature and air flow. Volatility increased approximately 8-fold when the temperature was increased from 30 C to 50 C. At 30 C, volatility increased with each doubling of air flow rate from 0.86 nmole/cm2 per hr at 14 L/hr to 1.62 nmole/cm2 per hr at 57.6 L/hr. The effects of temperature, flow rate, and the relationship between vapor pressure and rate of volatilization were also analyzed. The system provided a simple and quantitative method for determining the relative volatilities of both technical and formulated herbicides.

Type
Research Article
Information
Weed Science , Volume 23 , Issue 6 , November 1975 , pp. 529 - 532
Copyright
Copyright © 1975 by the Weed Science Society of America 

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