Adsorption of a jet fuel on a model organic-clay soil: application of small angle neutron scattering
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2009-03-14
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National Research Council Canada
Abstract
Small angle neutron scattering (SANS) data are reported from a system that models the contamination of a clay/organic matter soil from a fuel spillage. The soil was represented as an aqueous dispersion of the synthetic clay mineral Laponite coated with lysine, and the contaminant was a representative jet fuel, quadricyclane, mixed with the detergent cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB). The adsorbed surface coverage on the clay was estimated. It is shown that the presence of adsorbed lysine considerably enhances the subsequent adsorption of both CTAB and quadricyclane. It is demonstrated that the SANS technique can contribute to the general problem of environmental remediation and retention by probing the interactions of pollutants and clay surfaces. © 2008, National Research Council Canada
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Small angle scattering, Jets, Fuels, Clays, Adsorption, Organic matter
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Hanley, H. J. M., & Payne, T. E. (2009). Adsorption of a jet fuel on a model organic-clay soil: application of small angle neutron scattering. Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, 36(3), 559-563. doi:10.1139/L09-007