Accelerated Leach Test Development Program Annual Report: 1990 (open access)

Accelerated Leach Test Development Program Annual Report: 1990

In FY 1989, a draft accelerated leach test for solidified waste was written. Combined test conditions that accelerate leaching were validated through experimental and modeling efforts. A computer program was developed that calculates test results and models leaching mechanisms. This program allows the user to determine if diffusion controls leaching and, if this is the case, to make projections of releases. Leaching mechanisms other than diffusion (diffusion plus source term partitioning and solubility limited leaching) are included in the program is indicators of other processes that may control leaching. Leach test data are presented and modeling results are discussed for laboratory scale waste forms composed of portland cement containing sodium sulfate salt, portland cement containing incinerator ash, and vinyl ester-styrene containing sodium sulfate. 16 refs., 38 figs., 5 tabs.
Date: November 1990
Creator: Fuhrmann, M.; Pietrzak, R. F.; Heiser, J.; Franz, E. M. & Colombo, P.
System: The UNT Digital Library