Laboratory experiments to characterize radiochloride diffusion in unsaturated soils

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 393-398

  Aldaba, D ^a   Fernandez Torrent R ^a   Rauret, G ^a   Vidal, M ^a   Rigol, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

36Cl; Diffusion coefficient; Soil; Solid liquid distribution coefficient

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY CONCENTRATION; APPARENT DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; BATCH EXPERIMENTS; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENTS; DIFFUSION PROFILES; DIFFUSION TRANSPORT; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; PACKING CONDITIONS; SOIL INTERACTION; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL SOLIDS; SOLID-LIQUID; UNSATURATED CONDITION; UNSATURATED SOIL; VARIATION PATTERN;

LIQUIDS; SURFACE DIFFUSION;

SOILS;

CHLORINE 36; RADIOISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; MOISTURE; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; THEORETICAL STUDY; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

CHLORIDES; DIFFUSION; RADIOISOTOPES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; SPAIN;

EID: 74449092678     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2009.11.029     Document Type: Article

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