Chemical factors influencing colloid-facilitated transport of contaminants in porous media
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Abstract
The effects of colloids on the transport of two strongly sorbing solutes
a hydrophobic organic compound, phenanthrene, and a metal ion, Ni2+were studied in sand-packed laboratory columns under different pH and ionic strength conditions. Two types of column experiments were performed as follows: (i) sorption/mobilization experiments where the contaminant was first sorbed in the column under conditions where no colloids were released and mobilized under conditions where colloids were released as a result of ionic strength reduction in the influent; and (ii) transport experiments where the contaminant, dissolved or sorbed on colloids, was injected into columns packed with a strongly sorbing porous medium. In the first type of experiment, contaminant mobilization was significant only when all releasable colloids were flushed from the column. In all other cases, although high colloid particle concentrations were encountered, there was no marked effect on total contaminant concentrations. In the second type of experiment, colloid deposition efficiencies were shown to control the enhancement of transport. The deposition efficiency was a function of the pH (for a high organic content sand) and of the contaminant concentration (for a charged species such as Ni2+).
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Chemical factors influencing colloid-facilitated transport of contaminants in porous media |
| Series title | Environmental Science & Technology |
| DOI | 10.1021/es9600643 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Year Published | 1997 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | American Chemical Society |
| Contributing office(s) | Toxic Substances Hydrology Program |
| Description | 9 p. |
| First page | 656 |
| Last page | 664 |
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