Excess colloid retention in porous media as a function of colloid size, fluid velocity, and grain angularity

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 24, 2006, Pages 7725-7731

  Tong, Meiping ^a   Johnson, William P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; FLOW PATTERNS; IONIC STRENGTH; JETS; PORE SIZE; POROUS MATERIALS;

COLLOID RETENTION; COLLOID SIZE; FLUID VELOCITY; GRAIN ANGULARITY;

COLLOIDS;

CARBOXYLIC ACID; GLASS; LATEX; MICROSPHERE; POLYSTYRENE; SILICON DIOXIDE;

COLLOIDS; DEPOSITION; FLOW PATTERNS; IONIC STRENGTH; JETS; PORE SIZE; POROUS MATERIALS;

CARBONYL COMPOUND; COLLOID; ENTRAINMENT; FLUID FLOW; POROUS MEDIUM;

ARTICLE; COLLOID; DIFFUSION; EFFLUENT; ENERGY; GRAVITY; IONIC STRENGTH; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PARTICLE SIZE; SEDIMENT; VELOCITY;

COLLOIDS; MICROSPHERES;

EID: 33845729570     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es061201r     Document Type: Article

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