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The migration of colloidal particles through glacial sand

Abstract

Significant concentrations of colloids exist in groundwater and radionuclides may be associated with this colloidal material. This must be taken into consideration in any safety case for a radionuclide waste repository. This report describes column experiments with monodisperse latex beads. A selection of beads with diameters ranging from 0.055 {mu}m to 0.6 {mu}m, some plain and some with carboxyl groups attached, were passed through columns of glacial sand. The breakthrough curves and profiles on the sand columns were studied and will be used to develop and validate colloid migration models. The mobility depended on both size and charge, and the beads appeared to move ahead of a 36Cl tracer until they were trapped. After trapping movement was slow with plain beads appearing to be slightly more mobile than carboxylated beads. The beads were shown to sorb strongly on the fine clay particles in the sand and there was evidence to suggest that they moved with the fines rather than independently. (author).
Authors:
Harrison, I; Higgo, J J.W.; Leader, R; Noy, D; Smith, B; Wealthall, G; Williams, G M [1] 
  1. British Geological Survey, Keyworth (United Kingdom)
Publication Date:
Feb 01, 1991
Product Type:
Technical Report
Report Number:
DOE-HMIP-RR-91.036
Reference Number:
SCA: 052002; 540230; PA: AIX-23:040445; SN: 92000732979
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: Feb 1991
Subject:
12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES; 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION; COLLOIDS; ADSORPTION; BENCH-SCALE EXPERIMENTS; GROUND WATER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; VERIFICATION; 052002; 540230; WASTE DISPOSAL AND STORAGE; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS MONITORING AND TRANSPORT
OSTI ID:
10142556
Research Organizations:
Department of the Environment, London (United Kingdom). Her Majesty`s Inspectorate of Pollution
Country of Origin:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Other Identifying Numbers:
Other: ON: DE92628329; CNN: Contract PECD-7/9/534; WE/91/11; TRN: GB9200988040445
Availability:
OSTI; NTIS (US Sales Only); INIS
Submitting Site:
GBN
Size:
52 p.
Announcement Date:
Jul 05, 2005

Citation Formats

Harrison, I, Higgo, J J.W., Leader, R, Noy, D, Smith, B, Wealthall, G, and Williams, G M. The migration of colloidal particles through glacial sand. United Kingdom: N. p., 1991. Web.
Harrison, I, Higgo, J J.W., Leader, R, Noy, D, Smith, B, Wealthall, G, & Williams, G M. The migration of colloidal particles through glacial sand. United Kingdom.
Harrison, I, Higgo, J J.W., Leader, R, Noy, D, Smith, B, Wealthall, G, and Williams, G M. 1991. "The migration of colloidal particles through glacial sand." United Kingdom.
@misc{etde_10142556,
title = {The migration of colloidal particles through glacial sand}
author = {Harrison, I, Higgo, J J.W., Leader, R, Noy, D, Smith, B, Wealthall, G, and Williams, G M}
abstractNote = {Significant concentrations of colloids exist in groundwater and radionuclides may be associated with this colloidal material. This must be taken into consideration in any safety case for a radionuclide waste repository. This report describes column experiments with monodisperse latex beads. A selection of beads with diameters ranging from 0.055 {mu}m to 0.6 {mu}m, some plain and some with carboxyl groups attached, were passed through columns of glacial sand. The breakthrough curves and profiles on the sand columns were studied and will be used to develop and validate colloid migration models. The mobility depended on both size and charge, and the beads appeared to move ahead of a 36Cl tracer until they were trapped. After trapping movement was slow with plain beads appearing to be slightly more mobile than carboxylated beads. The beads were shown to sorb strongly on the fine clay particles in the sand and there was evidence to suggest that they moved with the fines rather than independently. (author).}
place = {United Kingdom}
year = {1991}
month = {Feb}
}