Reactive transport modeling of column experiments on the evolution of saline-alkaline waste solutions

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 97, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 42-54

  Zheng, Zuoping ^a   Zhang, Guoxiang ^a   Wan, Jiamin ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hanford site; Pitzer ion interaction; Plume front; Reactive transport modeling; Saline alkaline waste solution; Sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

HANFORD SITE; PITZER ION-INTERACTION; PLUME FRONT; REACTIVE TRANSPORT MODELING; SALINE-ALKALINE WASTE SOLUTION;

COMPLEXATION; LEAKAGE (FLUID); PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

CALCIUM CARBONATE; CALCIUM OXIDE; MAGNESIUM HYDROXIDE; PORTLANDITE; SILICON DIOXIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

COMPLEXATION; LEAKAGE (FLUID); PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

ALKALINITY; ION EXCHANGE; MODELING; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SALINITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VADOSE ZONE;

ALKALINITY; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CATION EXCHANGE; CHEMICAL REACTION; COMPLEX FORMATION; DISSOLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; IONIC STRENGTH; PLUME; POLLUTION; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; THERMODYNAMICS; TRANSPORT KINETICS; WASTE WATER;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TEMPERATURE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EID: 40849102325     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2007.12.002     Document Type: Article

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