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Analysis of soil vapor extraction laboratory data to obtain equilibrium constants
Author(s) -
Klei Herbert E.,
Klemmer Christopher R.,
Bramley David L.,
Curtis Michael D.,
Kennett Gary
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
remediation journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.762
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 1520-6831
pISSN - 1051-5658
DOI - 10.1002/rem.3440050308
Subject(s) - soil vapor extraction , trichloroethylene , equilibrium constant , extraction (chemistry) , chemistry , soil water , vapor–liquid equilibrium , environmental chemistry , thermodynamic equilibrium , thermodynamics , contamination , chromatography , soil science , environmental science , inorganic chemistry , environmental remediation , ecology , physics , biology
A method of analyzing soil vapor extraction (SVE) laboratory data using a sample of contaminated soil is presented to allow the calculation of equilibrium constants for an assumed gas/soil equilibrium expression. The constants can be determined for any compound measured in the exit gas. A Freundlich equilibrium expression was shown to represent the equilibrium in a soil contaminated with trichloroethylene (TCE) and several aromatic solvents.

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