Diffusion tests of mercury through concrete, bentonite-enhanced sand and sand

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 142, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 463-467

  Svensson, Margareta ^a,b   Allard, Bert ^a  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SAKAB AB ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Apparent diffusion coefficient of mercury; Bentonite enhanced sand; Concrete; Mercury diffusion

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONCRETES; MERCURY (METAL); OXIDATION; SAND;

BENTONITE-ENHANCED SAND; MERCURY DIFFUSION;

DIFFUSION;

BENTONITE; CONCRETE; MERCURY; NITROGEN; VOLATILE AGENT;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONCRETES; DIFFUSION; MERCURY (METAL); OXIDATION; SAND;

BENTONITE; CONCRETE; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSIVITY; MERCURY (ELEMENT); NITROGEN; OXIC CONDITIONS; SAND; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); VOLATILE ELEMENT;

ARTICLE; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; OXIDATION; POLLUTANT; SAND;

BENTONITE; DIFFUSION; MERCURY; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SILICON DIOXIDE;

EID: 33947191979     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2006.08.046     Document Type: Article

References (23)

1. Swedish EPA, Permanent repository of mercury (head report) (Slutförvar av kvicksilver (huvudrapport)), Swedish Environmental Protection Agency, 4752, Stockholm, 1997, p. 133 (in Swedish).
2. SOU. Safe Disposal of Mercury (Kvicksilver i säkert förvar-Slutbetänkande om slutförvaring av kvicksilver) vol. 58 (2001), Governmental Public Investigation, Department of Environment, Stockholm, Sweden p. 116 (in Swedish)
3. S. Riksdag, Avfallsförordning (SFS 2001:1063) 21c§, Ministry of Sustainable Development, Stockholm, 2001.
4. Balyatinskaya L.N., Babankova L.G., and Dobrydnev S.V. Diffusion coefficients for mercury ions in water and aqueous-organic solvents. Elektrokhimiya 14 (1978) 333
5. Abramov A.S. Calculation of the effective coefficient of diffusion of mercury vapours though porous substances under reduced pressure. Kompleksnoe Ispol'zovanie Mineral'nogo Syr'ya 3 (2004) 12-17
6. Changdar S.N. Effect of the radius of diffusion cell on the diffusion coefficient of mercury. Sci. Cult. 39 (1973) 503-504
7. SKB, Site Investigation Oskarshamn-Annual Report, Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Co., Oskarshamn, Sweden, 2003, p. 92.
8. SKB, Site Investigation Forsmark-Annual Report, Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Co., Östhammar, Sweden, 2003, p. 95.
9. Allard B., Larson S.A., Tullborg A.-L., and Wikberg P. Chemistry of Deep Groundwater from Granitic Bedrock vol. 59 (1983), Swedish Nuclear Fuel Supply Co./Division KBS, Stockholm p. 47
10. EN 27888. Water Quality-Determination of Electrical Conductivity (ISO 7888 1985) (1994), Swedish Standards Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
11. Hagelberg E. The matrix dependent solubility and speciation of mercury (2006), Department of Science, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden
12. Crank J. The Mathematics of Diffusion. 2nd ed. (1975), Oxford University Press, London p. 414
13. Andersson K., Torstenfelt B., and Allard B. Diffusion of cesium in concrete. Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management vol. 3 (1981), Plenum Press, New York p. 235
14. Muurinen A., Rantanen J., and Penttilä-Hiltunen P. Diffusion mechanisms of strontium, cesium and cobalt in compacted bentonite. Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management vol. IX (1985), Elsevier p. 617
15. Andersson K. Transport of radionuclides in water/mineral systems. Department of Nuclear Chemistry (1983), Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg, Sweden p. 50
16. Budavari S., O'Neil M.J., Smith A., and Heckelman P.E. The Merck Index-An Encyclopedia of Chemicals, Drugs, and Biologicals (1989), Rahway, N.J., Merck & Co., USA p. 2303
17. Clever H.L., Johnson S.A., and Derrick M.E. The solubility of mercury and some sparingly soluble mercury salts in water and aqueous electrolyte solutions. J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data 14 (1985) 631-680
18. Weast R.C., and Astle M.J. CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics: A Ready-Reference Book of Chemical and Physical Data (1981), CRC Press/Cop., Cleveland, OH/OH, USA p. 2332
19. 0 in natural waters. J. Braz. Chem. Soc. 8 (1997) 421-426
20. Melamed R., Trigueiro F.E., and Bôas R.C.V. The effect of humic acid on mercury solubility and complexation. Appl. Organometal. Chem. 14 (2000) 473-476
21. Tromans D., Meech J.A., and Veiga M.M. Natural organics and environmental stability of mercury. J. Electrochem. Soc. 143 (1996) 123-126
22. Freeze R.A., and Cherry J.A. Groundwater (1979), Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
23. Drever J.I. The Geochemistry of Natural Waters-Surface and Groundwater Environment. 3rd ed. (1997), Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey p. 436