Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2001. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 331-337). Available also in a digital version from Dissertation Abstracts.

Thesis(M.S.)--Auburn University, 2006. / Abstract. Includes bibliographic references (p.76-81).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2001. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references. Available also from UMI Company.

Le stockage des déchets ménagers et assimilés est devenu un enjeu important pour l’environnement. Les smectites, ayant une faible perméabilité et une forte capacité à retenir les polluants, sont fréquemment utilisées comme barrière de sécurité passive au fond des alvéoles de stockage. Ce travail consiste à simuler au laboratoire l’infiltration de solutions de polluants métalliques dans des smectites, d'analyser les mécanismes d'interaction et prévoir leur comportement hydraulique et physico-chimique. Pour cela, nous utilisons des smectites naturelles de référence (SWy2 échangée avec différents cations, Na+ et Ca2+), mais aussi une smectite synthétique et des solutions de polluants métalliques (contenant essentiellement Zn et Pb). Les interactions « en batch » ont permis de tester plusieurs paramètres : rapport solide/liquide, concentration du polluant, pH…Les analyses des lixiviats ont montré que l’argile sodique adsorbe mieux les polluants que l’argile calcique et que l’adsorption est meilleure en milieu neutre. Les résultats expérimentaux ont pu être modélisés à l’aide de PHREEQC en utilisant le modèle 2SPNE. A partir des constantes d’échange et de complexation de la littérature, les simulations montrent que le modèle est en très bon accord avec les données expérimentales pour le zinc. Ces résultats ont permis d’établir de nouvelles constantes pour le plomb, et de connaitre les mécanismes d’adsorption en fonction de la concentration en équilibre de la solution métallique et du pH. Pour simuler au laboratoire le fonctionnement d’une barrière argileuse, des expériences d’infiltration sous pression ont été réalisées en oedométrie sur les smectites. Que ce soit avec l’eau déminéralisée, les solutions de polluants métalliques (Cu, Pb, Zn), ou un lixiviat synthétique, à pH libre ou fixé à 5, ces argiles ont des conductivités hydrauliques inférieures à 10-12 m.s-1 qui prouvent leurs bonnes capacités d’étanchéité. / Storage of household and industrial wastes has become an important issue for the environment. Smectites, with a low permeability and a high capacity to retain pollutants, are frequently used as an engineered barrier at the bottom of landfills. The aim of this work was to simulate in the laboratory the infiltration of metallic pollutants solutions in smectites, to analyze the interaction mechanisms and to predict the hydraulic and physico-chemical behavior of these clays. Natural reference smectites (SWy2 exchanged with different cations, Na+ and Ca2+) but also a synthetic smectite were used together with metallic pollutant solutions (containing mainly Zn and Pb). Several parameters were tested in the "batch" experiments: solid/liquid ratio, pollutant concentration, pH ... Analyses of leachates showed that the sodic clay better adsorbs pollutants than the calcic clay, and the adsorption was better in the neutral medium than in acidic conditions (pH 5). The experimental results were then modeled using the PHREEQC code and the 2SPNE model. From the exchange and complexation constants of the literature, simulations showed that the model was in very good agreement with the experimental data for zinc. These results allowed to establish new thermodynamic constants for lead and to assess the adsorption mechanisms as a function of the equilibrium concentration of the metallic solution and the pH. To simulate a clay barrier at the laboratory scale, infiltration experiments under pressure were performed onto smectites within oedometer cells. Whether with deionised water, metallic pollutant solutions (Cu, Pb, Zn) or a synthetic leachate, at free pH or buffered at 5, these clays kept a hydraulic conductivity less than 10-12 ms-1 which proved their good sealing properties.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Oregon, 2000. / Typescript. Includes vita and abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 374-384). Also available for download via the World Wide Web; free to University of Oregon users.

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Thesis (M.S.)--West Virginia University, 1998. / Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains ix, 137 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.). Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 117-124).

Thesis (M.S.)--Brigham Young University. Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2007. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 55-56).

Summary: Throughout the world there are many places with a high concentration of arsenic in water. In the Czech Republic is such a place the area of Mokrsko, where arsenic in groundwater reaches the values, which are well above recommended limits for drinking water. On the studied locality arsenic is bound to secondary minerals containing iron; however, in the reducing conditions of the fluvial sediments arsenic is bound to newly-formed realgar accumulations associated with organic matter. Aim of this diploma thesis was to characterize realgar from this locality and try to determine the way and conditions of its origin. For the purpose of research, realgar and pore- water have been sampled, using lysimeters and rhizon samplers. Specimen of realgar was characterized by numerous standard techniques (XRD, SEM, TEM, chemical and isotopic composition). Water samples have been analysed for As, F and S species. Analysis of realgar using XRD, SEM and TEM techniques confirmed the presence of nanocrystalline realgar, forming clusters and needle like aggregates. Domination of divalent iron and reduced form of As3+ (4,3-7,3 mg/L) in similar concentrations has been observed within the pore- water samples. The concentration of dissolved sulfide was very low (cca 30 µg/L), on the other hand, content of sulphate was always...

Thesis (M.S.)--Brigham Young University. Dept. of Geology, 2005. / Includes Bibliographical Information (leaves 22-24).