Table 1 Summary of the immobilization experiments performed varying the type of porous medium, the type and concentration of destabilizing agent and the length of the column. Duration of the water buffer pulses predicted by the analytical equation for each column immobilization test is also reported.

From: Controlled Deposition of Particles in Porous Media for Effective Aquifer Nanoremediation

Sand

Test

Destabilizing agent

Column length

t WB

Dorsilit n.7

A

20 mM CaCl2

11.4 cm

99 s

B

20 mM CaCl2

21.4 cm

151 s

C

100 mM CaCl2

20.1 cm

232 s

D

100 mM MgCl2

21.0 cm

205 s

Dorsilit n.8

E

20 mM CaCl2

20.5 cm

178 s

Sibelco S1

F

20 mM CaCl2

21.0 cm

248 s