Oxygen Diffusion Coefficient of Soils at HighDegrees of Saturation

Geotechnical Testing Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 36-44

  Shelp, Mei Lin ^a   Yanful, Ernest K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acid rock drainage; Autoclaving; Galvanic oxygen electrode; Microbial O2 consumption; Moisture effect; Oxygen diffusion coefficient

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION IN GASES; ELECTRODES; SILICA; SILICA GEL; SOILS;

ACID ROCK DRAINAGE; AUTOCLAVING; MICROBIAL O2 CONSUMPTION; MOISTURE EFFECTS; OXYGEN DIFFUSION COEFFICIENTS; OXYGEN ELECTRODE;

SOIL SURVEYS;

EID: 0041684841     PISSN: 01496115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/gtj11121j     Document Type: Article

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