Predicting the effect of moisture on vapor-phase sorption of volatile organic compounds to soils

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1081-1091

  Unger, David R ^a   Lam, Thientu T ^a,b   Schaefer, Charles E ^a   Kosson, David S ^a  

^a The State University of New Jersey   (United States)

^b MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,1,1 TRICHLOROETHANE; BENZENE; TOLUENE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; WATER;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMIDITY; LIQUID; MOISTURE; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PHYSICAL PHASE; SOIL POLLUTION; VAPOR;

CONTAMINANT; GROUNDWATER; MODEL; SOIL MOISTURE; SORPTION; VOC;

EID: 0029669094     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es950065f     Document Type: Article

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