Methane gas migration through geomembranes

Geosynthetics International

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 120-125

  Stark, T D ^a   Choi, H ^b  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^b University of Akron   (United States)

Author keywords

Fick's law; Gas permeability coefficient; Gas transmission ratio; Geosynthetics; High density polyethylene; Linear low density polyethylene; Methane gas; Permeance; PVC

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LAND FILL; LINEAR LOW DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; METHANE; POLYVINYL CHLORIDES;

GAS PERMEABILITY COEFFICIENT; GAS TRANSMISSION RATIO; GAS TRANSPORT TEST; LINEAR LOW-DENSITY POLYETHYLENE; METHANE GAS;

GEOMEMBRANES;

GEOSYNTHETICS; LANDFILL; PERMEABILITY;

EID: 31744434942     PISSN: 10726349     EISSN: 10726349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/gein.2005.12.2.120     Document Type: Article

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