Diffusion in natural porous media
Subtitle: contaminant transport, sorption/desorption and dissolution kinetics
By: by Peter Grathwohl.
Series: Topics in environmental fluid mechanics ;; EFMS1
Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 207
Subjects: Soil pollution; Groundwater -- Pollution; Soil permeability
Description: Diffusion in Natural Porous Media: Contaminant Transport, Sorption/Desorption and Dissolution Kinetics introduces the general principles of diffusion in the subsurface environment and discusses the implications for fate and transport of contaminants in soils and groundwater. Emphasis is placed on sorption/desorption and the dissolution kinetics of organic contaminants, both of which are limited by the slow speed of molecular diffusion.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-184) and index.