Nonaqueous phase liquid dissolution and soil organic matter sorption in porous media: review of system similarities

Engineering & Materials Science

• Biological materials 90%
• Sorption 81%
• Dissolution 72%
• Porous materials 67%
• Organic compounds 63%
• Mass transfer 60%
• Rate constants 56%
• Soils 53%
• Petroleum tar 47%
• Liquids 45%
• Coal tar 33%
• Aquifers 29%
• Oils 29%
• Sediments 28%
• Water 24%
• Viscosity 18%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• nonaqueous phase liquid 83%
• soil organic matter 65%
• porous medium 58%
• mass transfer 58%
• sorption 55%
• dissolution 51%
• organic compound 40%
• coal tar 28%
• oil 26%
• petroleum 17%
• viscosity 17%
• aquifer 16%
• organic matter 15%
• rate 14%
• water 13%
• exposure 13%
• product 11%
• sediment 10%
• soil 9%
• method 5%

Chemistry

• Soil Organic Matter 100%
• Mass Transfer 56%
• Dissolution 50%
• Sorption 48%
• Liquid 37%
• Raoult's Law 33%
• Rate Constant 29%
• Diffusion 28%
• Petroleum Derivative 28%
• Decane 27%
• Coal 21%
• Soil 19%
• Liquid Film 11%