Experimental and numerical investigations of effect of column length on retardation factor determination: A case study of cesium transport in crushed granite

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 530-535

  Li, Ming Hsu ^a   Wang, Tsing Hai ^b   Teng, Shi Ping ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cesium; Column experiment; Crushed granite; Retardation

Indexed keywords

CESIUM; COLUMNS (STRUCTURAL); FLOW RATE; POROUS MATERIALS; RADIOISOTOPES; TRITIUM;

BREAKTHROUGH CURVES; CASE STUDIES; COLUMN EXPERIMENT; COLUMN EXPERIMENTS; COLUMN LENGTHS; CONSERVATIVE TRACERS; CRUSHED GRANITE; DISPERSIVE MIXING; DISPERSIVITY; LONG COLUMNS; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; PORE VOLUMES; POROUS MEDIUMS; RADIO-NUCLIDES; REACTIVE TRANSPORT MODELS; RETARDATION; RETARDATION FACTORS; SHORT COLUMNS; SUPPORTING MATERIALS; SUPPORTING STRUCTURES; TOTAL LENGTHS; TRITIUM OXIDES;

GRANITE;

CESIUM; TRITIUM OXIDE;

BREAKTHROUGH CURVE; CESIUM; COLUMN; DISPERSIVITY; GRANITE; POROUS MEDIUM; TRANSPORT PROCESS;

ARTICLE; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; FLOW RATE; GRANITE; TILTING; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

ALGORITHMS; CESIUM; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; MODELS, CHEMICAL; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; SEAWATER; SILICON DIOXIDE; SOLUBILITY; TRITIUM; WATER; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 57449115005     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2008.05.076     Document Type: Article

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