Physical modeling of 2,4-DNT gaseous diffusion trough unsaturated soil

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6553, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Torres, Alexander ^a   Padilla, Ingrid ^a   Hwang, Sangchul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Diffusion; DNT; Mass transfer limitation; Vapor transport

Indexed keywords

BURIED EXPLOSIVES DEVICES (BED); CHEMICAL DETECTION; DINITROTOLUNE (DNT); GASEOUS DIFFUSION;

CHEMICAL SENSORS; DEGRADATION; EXPLOSIVES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; SOIL MECHANICS; SORPTION;

DIFFUSION IN GASES;

EID: 35948990071     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.723452     Document Type: Conference Paper

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