Stabilization of Metals in Subsurface by Biopolymers: Laboratory Drainage Flow Studies

Soil and Sediment Contamination

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 647-661

  Etemadi, Omid ^a   Petrisor, Ioana G ^a   Kim, Daeik ^a   Wan, Meng Wei ^a   Yen, Teh Fu ^a  

^a University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Biopolymers; Drainage flow studies; Metal encapsulation; Permeability; Shear strength; Soil stabilization

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; CROSSLINKING; HEAVY METALS; INTERPENETRATING POLYMER NETWORKS; LEACHING; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; RADIOISOTOPES; SHEAR STRENGTH; TECHNOLOGY;

SUBSURFACE SITES;

BIOPOLYMERS;

CYAMOPSIS TETRAGONOLOBA;

EID: 0242576752     PISSN: 10588337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/714037712     Document Type: Article

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