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Sorption phenomena in subsurface systems: Concepts, models and effects on contaminant fate and transport

Walter J. Weber, +2 more
- 01 May 1991 - 
- Vol. 25, Iss: 5, pp 499-528
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In this article, current levels of understanding of the reactions and processes comprising sorption phenomena are discussed, as well as the forms and utilities of different models used to describe them, and the translation of these concepts into functional models for characterizing sorption rates and equilibria.
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This article is published in Water Research.The article was published on 1991-05-01 and is currently open access. It has received 602 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Sorption.

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Mechanisms of Slow Sorption of Organic Chemicals to Natural Particles

TL;DR: The use of equilibrium expressions for sorption to natural particles in fate and transport models is often invalid due to slow kinetics and diffusion limitations appear to play a major role.
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Environmental applications of carbon-based nanomaterials.

TL;DR: This review critically assesses the contributions of carbon-based nanomaterials to a broad range of environmental applications: sorbents, high-flux membranes, depth filters, antimicrobial agents, environmental sensors, renewable energy technologies, and pollution prevention strategies.
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Multiple‐Rate Mass Transfer for Modeling Diffusion and Surface Reactions in Media with Pore‐Scale Heterogeneity

TL;DR: In this paper, a multirate model is proposed to model small-scale variation in rates and types of mass transfer by using a series of first-order equations to represent each of the mass transfer processes.
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Kinetics of adsorption of metal ions on inorganic materials: A review

TL;DR: An attempt has been made to discuss the kinetics of adsorption of metal ions on inorganic solids on the basis of published reports, and the values of the kinetic rate coefficients indicate the speed at which the metal ions adsorb on the materials.
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An experimental investigation of nonaqueous phase liquid dissolution in saturated subsurface systems: Transient mass transfer rates

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors focus on the experimental measurement and mathematical modeling of processes affecting the dissolution of nonaqueous phase liquids (NAPLs) entrapped in sandy porous media.
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