Microstructure and leaching behavior of polymer composites for encapsulating toxic solid wastes

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 43, Issue 23, 2004, Pages 7492-7499

  Rengifo, Felipe ^a   Sáez, A Eduardo ^a   Ela, Wendell P ^a   Quach, Anh ^a   Garbo, Bryce ^a   Franks, Carrie ^a   Zelinski, Brian J J ^a   Birnie III, Dunbar P ^a   Smith, Harry D ^b   Smith, Gary L ^b  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; DIFFUSION; DRYING; EMULSIONS; ENCAPSULATION; LEACHING; MICROSTRUCTURE; POLYBUTADIENES; POLYSTYRENES; POROSITY; SALTS; SOLUBILITY; TOXIC MATERIALS;

MECHANICAL INTEGRITY; POLY(STYRENE BUTADIENE) (PSB); POLYMER COMPOSITES; POLYMERIC WASTES;

EPOXY RESINS;

EPOXY RESIN; OSMIUM TETRAOXIDE; POLY(STYRENE BUTADIENE); POLYMER; POLYSTYRENE DERIVATIVE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SODIUM NITRATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

POLYMER;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIFFUSION; EMULSION; ENCAPSULATION; EXTRACTION; LEACHING; MOLECULAR MODEL; POLYMERIZATION; POROSITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLID WASTE; STAINING; TOXIC WASTE;

EID: 8344245502     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie049561f     Document Type: Conference Paper

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