Measurement and estimation of organic-liquid/water interfacial areas for several natural porous media

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 3619-3625

  Brusseau, M L ^a   Narter, M ^a   Schnaar, G ^a   Marble, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOB SIZE; FLUID SATURATIONS; GEOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; GRAIN DIAMETER; GRAIN SIZE; GRAIN-SIZE DISTRIBUTION; HIGH RESOLUTION; IMAGE DATA; INTERFACIAL AREAS; LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; LIQUID PHASIS; ORGANIC LIQUID; PACKED COLUMN; POROUS MEDIA; POROUS MEDIUM; QUANTITATIVE MEASUREMENT; SIMPLE METHOD; SPECIFIC INTERFACIAL AREA; SYNCHROTRON X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGES;

LIQUIDS; TEXTURES;

POROUS MATERIALS;

ORGANIC COMPOUND; WATER;

ESTIMATION METHOD; GRAIN SIZE; IMMISCIBILITY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; POROUS MEDIUM; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; GEOCHEMISTRY; LIQUID; MEASUREMENT; PARTICLE SIZE; POROSITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SYNCHROTRON; SYNCHROTRON X RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY;

ORGANIC CHEMICALS; POROSITY; WATER; WETTABILITY;

EID: 66249145044     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es8020827     Document Type: Article

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