Impact of soil organic matter on groundwater contamination risks for ethanol and butanol blended gasoline

This work examined the impact of soil organic matter (SOM) on the sorption, phase distribution and transport of ethanol and butanol blended gasoline vapours after release. Microcosm and mini-lysimeter experiments were conducted using sand with varying SOM and moisture contents. Synthetic gasoline al...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ugwoha, Ejikeme
Format: Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2013
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/13052/