<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> Development of soil and groundwater remediation technologies is a matter of great importance to eliminate historically and currently contaminated sites. Stabilization/solidification (S/S) refers to binding of waste contaminants to a more chemically stable form and thus diminishing leaching of contamination. It can be performed using cement with or without additives in order to stabilize and solidify soil with the contamination in matrix. A series of experiments were done to determine leaching properties of spiked soils of different texture bound with cement. Results of experiments showed, that soil texture (content of sand, silt and clay particles) affects the leaching of heavy metals from stabilized soils.</p></abstract>

Development of soil and groundwater remediation technologies is a matter of great importance to eliminate historically and currently contaminated sites. Stabilization/solidification (S/S) refers to binding of waste contaminants to a more chemically stable form and thus diminishing leaching of contamination. It can be performed using cement with or without additives in order to stabilize and solidify soil with the contamination in matrix. A series of experiments were done to determine leaching properties of spiked soils of different texture bound with cement. Results of experiments showed, that soil texture (content of sand, silt and clay particles) affects the leaching of heavy metals from stabilized soils.

Leaching of Contamination from Stabilization/Solidification Remediated Soils of Different Texture

Environmental and Climate Technologies

Development of soil and groundwater remediation technologies is a matter of great importance to eliminate historically and currently contaminated sites....

Leaching of Contamination from Stabilization/Solidification Remediated Soils of Different Texture

Publié en ligne: 14 déc. 2012

Pages: 12 - 16

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10145-012-0011-0

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