Partition constants and adsorption/desorption hysteresis for volatile organic compounds on soil from a Louisiana Superfund site

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 225-241

  Valsaraj, Kalliat T ^a   Kommalapati, Raghava R ^a   Robertson, Edward D ^b   Constant, W D ^c  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NPC Services Inc   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Adsorption; Desorption; Partition constants; Superfund site; Volatile organic compounds

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CLAY; DESORPTION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYSTERESIS; REMEDIATION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

DICHLOROBENZENE; DICHLOROETHANE; SOIL-WATER PARTITION CONSTANT; TETRACHLOROETHANE; TRICHLOROETHANE;

SOIL POLLUTION;

DICHLOROETHANE; GROUND WATER; TETRACHLOROETHANE; TRICHLOROETHANE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; DESORPTION; MODEL; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL TREATMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032871294     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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