Geomembranes containing powdered activated carbon have the potential to improve containment of chlorinated aromatic contaminants

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 23, 2009, Pages 8916-8922

  Surdo, Erin M ^a   Cussler, Edward L ^b   Novak, Paige J ^a   Arnold, William A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAK THROUGH CURVE; CARBON PARTICLE; CHLORINATED AROMATICS; FIELD SCALE; FLUX REDUCTION; LAYERED MEMBRANES; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; POWDERED ACTIVATED CARBON; PSEUDO STEADY STATE; TETRACHLOROBIPHENYL; THIN LAYERS; TRICHLOROBENZENE;

COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; GEOMEMBRANES; SORPTION;

ACTIVATED CARBON;

1,2,4 TRICHLOROBENZENE; ACTIVATED CARBON; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; POLYETHYLENE; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL; TETRACHLOROBIPHENYL;

ACTIVATED CARBON; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; CARBON FLUX; COMPOSITE; DIFFUSION; GEOMEMBRANE; SORPTION;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; HAZARDOUS WASTE; KINETICS; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; SOLUTE; STEADY STATE;

ACETONE; CHARCOAL; DIFFUSION; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; HYDROCARBONS, HALOGENATED; KINETICS; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MODELS, CHEMICAL; POLYETHYLENE; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL; POWDERS; WATER;

EID: 72249096686     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es9014162     Document Type: Article

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