Editing Partition coefficient (section)

=== Environmental science ===
The hydrophobicity of a compound can give scientists an indication of how easily a compound might be taken up in groundwater to pollute waterways, and its toxicity to animals and aquatic life.<ref name="Cronin">{{cite journal | vauthors= Cronin D, Mark T | title = The Role of Hydrophobicity in Toxicity Prediction | journal = Current Computer-Aided Drug Design | volume = 2 | issue = 4 | pages = 405–413 | year = 2006 | doi = 10.2174/157340906778992346 }}</ref> Partition coefficient can also be used to predict the mobility of [[radionuclides]] in groundwater.<ref name="Heuel-Fabianek">{{cite journal | vauthors = Heuel-Fabianek B |title= Partition Coefficients (''K''<sub>d</sub>) for the Modelling of Transport Processes of Radionuclides in Groundwater | url = http://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/154001/files/FZJ-2014-03430.pdf |journal = Current Computer-Aided Drug Design | volume = 2 | issue = 4 | pages = 405–413 | year= 2006 | doi = 10.2174/157340906778992346 }}</ref> In the field of [[hydrogeology]], the [[Octanol-water partition coefficient|octanol–water partition coefficient]] ''K''<sub>ow</sub> is used to predict and model the migration of dissolved hydrophobic organic compounds in soil and groundwater.