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The behaviour of metal contaminants in silty sand and gravel
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posted on 2018-05-14, 10:49 authored by Ado Y. Abdulfatah, Ashraf El-HamalawiAshraf El-Hamalawi, Andrew D. Wheatley, A. MartoAn investigative study is reported to determine the behaviour of metal contaminants in silty sand and gravel. A soil box experiment was conducted with a silty sand of permeability, k =
3.9242x10-5 m/s. The sand was placed on a bedding of 6 mm peagravel, inside the test box. Copper Nitrate, Chromium Nitrate, Nickel Sulphate and Lead Nitrate were dissolved, mixed with RO (reverse
osmosis) water for use in four separate experiments. Column tests were conducted with the same silty sand and gravel and under similar experimental conditions. Copper flushing was very slow, it was
strongly absorbed to the silty sand and gravel. Chromium was entirely retained (34mg/Kg) within the experimental system, and its released concentrations were very low. Nickel was shown to have a good aqueous solubility thus it was freely mobile in the sand. There was some minor adsorption of Nickel though lower than that of Copper and Chromium.
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International Journal of Research in Chemical, Metallurgical and Civil EngineeringVolume
2Issue
1Pages
36 - 41Citation
ABDULFATAH, A.Y. ... et al., 2015. The behaviour of metal contaminants in silty sand and gravel. International Journal of Research in Chemical, Metallurgical and Civil Engineering, 2(1), pp. 36-41.Publisher
© International Institute of Engineers (IIENG)Version
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