Determination of NAPL-water interfacial areas in well-characterized porous media

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 815-822

  Dobson, Richard ^a   Schroth, Martin H ^a   Oostrom, Mart ^b   Zeyer, Josef ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ALGORITHMS; DISSOLUTION; DRAINAGE; POROUS MATERIALS; SAND; SILICA; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY;

IMBIBITION RETENTION CURVES; INTERFACIAL TRACER TESTS (IFTT); LAND'S ALGORITHM; NONAQUEOUS-PHASE LIQUID (NAPL);

SURFACE WATER RESOURCES;

ANIONIC SURFACTANT; BENZOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; DIHEXYL SULFOSUCCINATE; HEXADECANE; PENTAFLUOROBENZOIC ACID; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); SUCCINIC ACID DERIVATIVE; TRACER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

AEROSOLS; ALGORITHMS; DISSOLUTION; DRAINAGE; POROUS MATERIALS; SAND; SILICA; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACE WATER RESOURCES;

NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID; POROUS MEDIUM;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DISSOLUTION; EVALUATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID; PARAMETER; POROSITY; PREDICTION; SAND; THEORETICAL MODEL; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

FORECASTING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POROSITY; REFERENCE VALUES; SOLUBILITY; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 32344442241     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es050037p     Document Type: Article

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