Volatile organic compounds volatilization from multicomponent organic liquids and diffusion in unsaturated porous media

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 692-701

  Wang, Guohui ^a   Reckhorn, Sayonara Brederode F ^a   Grathwohl, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINARY MIXTURES; DIFFUSION IN GASES; GROUNDWATER; LIQUIDS; MIXTURES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POROUS MATERIALS; UNSATURATED COMPOUNDS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

DIFFERENT WATER CONTENTS; EFFECTIVE DIFFUSION COEFFICIENTS; EMPIRICAL RELATIONSHIPS; EQUILIBRIUM PARTITIONING; METHYL TERT BUTYL ETHER; ONE-DIMENSIONAL SOLUTIONS; UNSATURATED POROUS MEDIA; VAPOR PHASE DIFFUSION;

DIFFUSION;

EID: 21544461061     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/2.4.692     Document Type: Article

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