Effect of acidic mine drainage on the polymer properties of an HDPE geomembrane

Geosynthetics International

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 60-72

  Gulec, S B ^a   Edil, T B ^b   Benson, C H ^b  

^a GEOSYNTEC CONSULTANTS   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

Acid mine drainage; AMD; Compatibility; Durability; Geosynthetics; HDPE geomembrane; Lifetime prediction; Mine waste; OIT; Tailings; Waste rock

Indexed keywords

ACIDS; ANTIOXIDANTS; DRAINAGE; DURABILITY; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; OXIDATION; POLYMERS; TAILINGS;

ACIDIC MINE DRAINAGE; GEOSYNTHETICS; LIFETIME PREDICTION; MINE WASTE; POLYMER PROPERTIES; WASTE ROCK;

GEOMEMBRANES;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; GEOSYNTHETICS;

ACID; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL RESISTANCE; DURABILITY; GEOMEMBRANE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; POLYETHYLENE; POLYMER PROPERTY;

EID: 23844450985     PISSN: 10726349     EISSN: 10726349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/gein.2004.11.2.60     Document Type: Article

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