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Mobility of toxic compounds from hazardous wastes

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:6870866
In order to develop an experimental data base from which a laboratory extraction procedure (referred to as EP-III) can be selected to simulate the leaching of an industrial waste co-disposed with municipal wastes in a landfill, large-scale field lysimeters filled with municipal waste were used to generate a municipal waste leachate (MWL), which was then used to leach selected industrial wastes under simulated landfill conditions. The concentrations of inorganic and organic constituents observed in the industrial waste leachates (in excess of the control MWL) were plotted relative to their liquid/solid ratio. The preferred laboratory extraction method was determined by comparing the concentrations of the inorganic and organic constituents in the laboratory extracts to five sets of target concentrations established to simulate various leaching scenarios. 39 references, 99 figures, 61 tables.
Research Organization:
Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-84OR21400
OSTI ID:
6870866
Report Number(s):
ORNL-6044; ON: DE84016743
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English