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Diffusion of Trichloroethylene in a Natural Clay: A Field Experiment

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Contaminated Soil’93

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Natural unfractured clays and clayliners without structural defects are commonly thought to provide adequate barriers for contaminant transport if the hydraulic conductivity of the clay is low. However, even when advection is minimal, contaminants can migrate through clay by simple Fickian diffusion at rates that can be significant.

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  1. Waterloo Centre for Groundwater Research, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ont. N2L 3G1, Canada

    Mette M. Poulsen, Beth L. Parker & John A. Cherry

  2. Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Oregon Graduate Institute, Beaverton, Oregon, USA

    Richard L. Johnson

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  1. Program Management “Low Pollution and Low Waste Processes”, Karlsruhe Nuclear Research Center (KfK), Karlsruhe, Germany

    F. Arendt

  2. Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research TNO, Delft/Apeldoorn, The Netherlands

    G. J. Annokkée , R. Bosman  & W. J. Van Den Brink ,  & 

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Poulsen, M.M., Johnson, R.L., Parker, B.L., Cherry, J.A. (1993). Diffusion of Trichloroethylene in a Natural Clay: A Field Experiment. In: Arendt, F., Annokkée, G.J., Bosman, R., Van Den Brink, W.J. (eds) Contaminated Soil’93. Soil & Environment, vol 2. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2018-0_98

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