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Table 4 Calculated coefficients for individual hydrocarbons

From: A new model for the biodegradation kinetics of oil droplets: application to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico

Compound

MW (g/mol)

Yoil(mol-cell/mol-oil)

fs(e--cell/ e--CxHy)

h (mol-O2/mol-oil)

Naphthalene (C10H8)

128

0.4531

0.1888

9.7345

1-Methylnaphthalene (C11H10)

142

0.628

0.2326

10.3599

2-Methylnaphthalene (C11H10)

142

0.439

0.1626

11.3049

2-Ethylnaphtalene (C12H12)

156

0.552

0.1840

11.424

Phenanthrene (C14H10)

178

0.6300

0.2250

12.7875

Anthracene (C14H10)

178

0.6300

0.2250

12.7875

Pyrene (C16H10)

202

0.7150

0.1932

14.925

Benzene (C6H6)

78

0.7178

0.4785

3.911

Toluene (C7H8)

92

0.9933

0.5518

4.0335

Xylene (C8H10)

106

0.2345

0.1147

9.3275

  1. Molecular weight of bacterial cells is 113 based on the formula C5H7O2N.
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