Radionuclide and colloid co-transport in a coupled fracture-skin-matrix system

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 370, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 49-57

  Natarajan, N ^a   Suresh Kumar, G ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Colloid transport; Finite difference; Fracture skin; Radionuclides; Rock matrix

Indexed keywords

COLLOID CHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DIFFUSION; FILTRATION; MATRIX ALGEBRA; RADIOISOTOPES; ROCKS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SORPTION;

AQUEOUS PHASE; COLLOID CONCENTRATION; COLLOID PROPERTIES; COLLOID TRANSPORT; COLLOIDAL CONCENTRATIONS; COLLOIDAL DISPERSION; CONCENTRATION PROFILES; COUPLED SYSTEMS; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENTS; FILTRATION COEFFICIENT; FINITE DIFFERENCE; FRACTURE SURFACES; FULLY IMPLICIT FINITE DIFFERENCES; GOVERNING EQUATIONS; MATRIX; MATRIX SYSTEMS; NUMERICAL MODELS; RADIONUCLIDES; REMOBILIZATION; RESIDENCE TIME;

FRACTURE;

RADIOISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; COLLOID; DIFFUSION; FILTRATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SKIN;

EID: 77957754434     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2010.08.045     Document Type: Article

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