Manufactured nanoparticle movement in the groundwaters of a redbed sandstone: Laboratory experiments and field observations

IAHS-AISH Publication

Volumn 342, Issue , 2011, Pages 50-54

  Tellam, John ^a   Greswell, Richard ^a   Riley, Michael ^a   Rahman, Syed ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b JAHANGIRNAGAR UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Colloids; Groundwater; Manufactured nanoparticles; Urban

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL GROUNDWATER; COLUMN EXPERIMENTS; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; MAXIMUM RETENTION CAPACITY; METAL OXIDES; PORE VOLUME; REMOBILIZATION; URBAN;

COLLOIDS; DEIONIZED WATER; EXPERIMENTS; IONIC STRENGTH; METALLIC COMPOUNDS; NANOPARTICLES; QUALITY MANAGEMENT; SANDSTONE; WATER QUALITY;

GROUNDWATER;

COLLOID; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; LABORATORY METHOD; MOBILITY; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PARTICULATE MATTER; RED BED; SANDSTONE; URBAN AREA;

EID: 84860570864     PISSN: 01447815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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