Design, Fabrication, and Assembly of an Apparatus for Electrokinetic Remediation Studies

Geotechnical Testing Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 199-210

  Yeung, Albert T ^a   Scott, Travis B ^b   Gopinath, Sreekumar ^c   Menon, Rajendra M ^d   Hsu, Cheng Non ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Ulrich Engineers   (United States)

^c URS CORPORATION   (United States)

^d Hart Environmental Engineering Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrochemical reactions; Electrokinetics; Experimental apparatus; Fine grained soil; Laboratory studies; Soil remediation; Soil contaminant interactions

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000476240     PISSN: 01496115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/gtj10739j     Document Type: Article

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