title: Surfactant effects on electrokinetic processes in clay-rich soils remediation.
abstract: The present work concerns the realisation of an equipment suitable for the choice of surfactants to be employed in the remediation of polluted soils by soil washing processes. The experimental activity has been focused to verify the surfactants efficiency in electrokinetic processes applied in low porosity soils, polluted with used vehicle oil. The equipment consents to estimate low electroosmotic permeabilities, electrical current and to analyse the electrolytic solutions. The concentration of the chemical species reached in both anodic and cathodic cells allows a more accurate evaluation of the ion mobility through the soil. The apparatus realised has been shown to be a useful instrument capable of providing directions for the choice of surfactants in electrokinetic soil remediation. The choice of an anionic surfactant for the oil removal has shown promising result.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Fisica e Ingegneria dei Materiali e del Territorio, Università di Ancona, via Brecce Bianche, 60131 Ancona.
authors.forename: Gabriele
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fava
authors.forename: Romeo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fratesi
authors.forename: Maria Letizia
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Ruello
authors.forename: Daniela
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sani
mesh_terms: D000538:Aluminum Silicates / Q000737:chemistry*; D000077215:Clay; D004563:Electrochemistry / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D007700:Kinetics; D010539:Permeability; D010578:Petroleum; D012967:Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate / Q000737:chemistry; D012989:Soil Pollutants; D013501:Surface-Active Agents / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D000538:Aluminum Silicates; D010578:Petroleum; D012989:Soil Pollutants; D013501:Surface-Active Agents; D012967:Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate; D000077215:Clay