Potential use of densified polymer-pastefill mixture as waste containment barrier materials

Waste Management

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2570-2578

  Fall, M ^a   Celestin J ^a   Sen, H F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARRIER DESIGN; BARRIER MATERIAL; BENTONITE BARRIER; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; COST ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVE; CYCLIC FREEZE-THAW; DRY CONDITION; ECONOMICAL BENEFITS; ENGINEERING COMMUNITY; FREEZE-THAW; GEOTECHNICAL PROBLEMS; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; MINING ACTIVITIES; MINING INDUSTRY; NEW STRATEGY; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE; PERFORMANCE PROPERTIES; PERFORMANCE TESTS; PERMEABILITY TEST; PUBLIC PERCEPTION; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SUPERABSORBENT POLYMER; SURFACE DISPOSAL; WASTE CONTAINMENT; WASTE CONTAINMENT FACILITIES; WASTE ROCKS; WET-DRY CYCLE;

BENTONITE; BUILDING MATERIALS; CIVIL ENGINEERING; COST ACCOUNTING; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; POLYMERS; SOLID WASTES; TAILINGS DISPOSAL; THAWING;

WASTE DISPOSAL;

POLYMER;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MINING INDUSTRY; PERMEABILITY; POLYMER; RECYCLING; SOLID WASTE; TAILINGS; TESTING METHOD; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DENSITY GRADIENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FREEZE THAWING; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDRAULIC PERMEABILITY; HYDROPHILICITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MINE TAILINGS; PARTICLE SIZE; PASTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER ANALYSIS;

ACRYLIC RESINS; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; MATERIALS TESTING; MINING; REFUSE DISPOSAL; WEATHER;

EID: 77957654830     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2010.07.016     Document Type: Article

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