High-resolution measurement of pore saturation and colloid removal efficiency in quartz sand using fluorescence imaging

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 24, 2007, Pages 8288-8294

  Bridge, Jonathan W ^a   Banwart, Steven A ^a   Heathwaite, A Louise ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLOIDS; FLUORESCENCE; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); QUARTZ;

BREAKTHROUGH CURVES; PORE SATURATION;

POROUS MATERIALS;

CARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; MICROSPHERE; SILICON DIOXIDE; WATER;

COLLOIDS; FLUORESCENCE; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); POROUS MATERIALS; QUARTZ;

BREAKTHROUGH CURVE; COLLOID; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLUORESCENCE; IMAGING METHOD; POROUS MEDIUM; QUARTZ; UNSATURATED FLOW;

AIR; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CAPILLARY; COLLOID; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DATA ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FLOW KINETICS; FLUORESCENCE; IONIC STRENGTH; SAND; SOLID; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL;

COLLOIDS; FLUORESCENCE; QUARTZ; SILICON DIOXIDE;

EID: 37249077539     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es071155a     Document Type: Article

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