A pore-scale investigation of mass transport from dissolving DNAPL droplets

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 24, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 221-246

  Kennedy, Christopher A ^a   Lennox, William C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

dense nonaqueous phase liquids; dissolution; glass bead model; groundwater; mass transfer; micromodel

Indexed keywords

GROUND WATER; ORGANIC COMPOUND; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

ARTICLE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL POLLUTION; WATER CONTAMINATION;

DROPLETS; MASS TRANSFER; POROUS MEDIA;

CONTAMINANT TRANSPORT; CONTAMINATION; DNAPL; GLASS BEAD MODEL; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTANT; MASS TRANSPORT; NON AQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID;

EID: 0030621228     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-7722(96)00011-3     Document Type: Article

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