Feasibility of using fly ash, lime, and bentonite to neutralize acidity of pore fluids

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 71, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 3329-3337

  Gratchev, I B ^a   Shokouhi, A ^a   Balasubramaniam, A ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acid fluid; Bentonite; Buffer capacity; Fly ash; Permeable reactive barrier

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; BUFFER STORAGE; FLY ASH; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LIME; MIXTURES; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

ACID FLUID; BUFFER CAPACITY; CHEMICAL PRECIPITATION; COEFFICIENT OF PERMEABILITY; DIFFUSE DOUBLE LAYERS; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; OPTIMUM MOISTURE CONTENT; PERMEABLE REACTIVE BARRIERS;

BENTONITE;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ACID SULFATE SOIL; ACIDITY; ALKALINITY; BENTONITE; BUFFER ZONE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FLY ASH; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LIME; NEUTRALIZATION; PERMEABILITY; PORE SPACE; REACTIVE BARRIER;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84897376729     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-013-2719-y     Document Type: Article

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