Role of carbonation in transient leaching of cementitious wasteforms

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 2345-2349

  Walton, John C ^a   Bin Shafique, Sazzad ^a   Smith, Robert W ^b   Gutierrez, Neyda ^a   Tarquin, Anthony ^a  

^a University of Texas at El Paso   (United States)

^b IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONATION; CHEMICAL BONDS; DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; LEACHING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NITRATES; PORTLAND CEMENT; SOLID SOLUTIONS;

CEMENTITIOUS WASTEFORMS; DEIONIZATION;

WASTEWATER DISPOSAL;

CEMENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; LEACHING; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0031214330     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es960964j     Document Type: Article

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