The containment of oil spills in unconsolidated granular porous media using xanthan/Cr(III) and xanthan/Al(III) gels

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 116, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 83-93

  Gioia, Francesco ^a   Urciuolo, Massimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Containment of spills in soil; Ease of injection; Gelation time; Gelled polymer technology; Xanthan Al(III) gel; Xanthan Cr(III) gel

Indexed keywords

CONTAINMENT; CROSSLINKING AGENTS;

BIOPOLYMERS; CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS; CROSSLINKING; GELATION; GELS; GRANULAR MATERIALS; POROUS MATERIALS; RHEOLOGY;

OIL SPILLS;

ALUMINUM DERIVATIVE; CHROMIUM DERIVATIVE; OIL; WATER; XANTHAN;

CONTAINMENT; OIL SPILL; POLLUTION CONTROL; POLYMER; SOIL POLLUTION;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; FLOW KINETICS; GELATION; HAZARDOUS WASTE; OIL SPILL; PH; THEORY;

ALUMINUM; BIOPOLYMERS; CHROMIUM; DRUG CARRIERS; PETROLEUM; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; POROSITY; WATER POLLUTANTS;

EID: 9344268280     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2004.07.008     Document Type: Article

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