Effects of surfactants on the desorption of organic contaminants from aquifer materials. Doctoral thesis

Technical Report · Tue Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1989

OSTI ID:6942062

Brickell, J L

The efficiency of removing organic contaminants from groundwater aquifers by the pump and treat process is adversely affected by the retardation of the contaminant's mobility due to adsorption onto aquifer material. The use of surfactants in conjunction with the pump and treat process has the potential for improving contaminant mobility by solubilizing the adsorbed contaminant.

• Research Organization: Air Force Inst. of Tech., Wright-Patterson AFB, OH (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6942062
• Report Number(s): AD-A-218058/6/XAB; AFIT/CI/CIA-89-143
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Thesis
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
GROUND WATER
DECONTAMINATION
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
REMOVAL
SURFACTANTS
SORPTIVE PROPERTIES
ADSORPTION
AQUIFERS
ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT
WATER POLLUTION CONTROL
CLEANING
CONTROL
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
MASS TRANSFER
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
POLLUTION CONTROL
SORPTION
SURFACE PROPERTIES
WATER
540320* - Environment
Aquatic- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport- (1990-)