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Study of the physical-chemical mechanisms and variables which affect the transport of inorganic and organic microcontaminants in heterogeneous systems. Technical progress report, 1 July 1980-1 July 1983

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:6518167
In order to predict, in time and space, movement or attenuation of organic and inorganic solutes in heterogeneous subsurface environments, it is necessary to describe the dynamic interplay or competition that exists between aqueous solutions and solid surfaces for given solutes. Often, this competition ultimately determines the degrees of solute mobility. For transport modeling, competition is expressed simply as retardation factors. This report essentially reviews results from the independent studies which have all been designed as research probes into the nature of interfacial reactions: (1) phenol adsorption onto goethite; (2) electrostatic contributions in protolyzable anion adsorption; and (3) the effect of chemical and physical coagulation on the uptake of phosphorus by goethite. These studies represent state of the art contributions to the total level of effort being made by the research community in a rapidly expanding attempt to understand the adsorption of trace contaminants in heterogeneous systems.
Research Organization:
Wisconsin Univ., Madison (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-80EV10467
OSTI ID:
6518167
Report Number(s):
DOE/EV/10467-T1; ON: DE83008991
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English