PMID- 27211313
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20170512
LR  - 20170512
IS  - 1879-2456 (Electronic)
IS  - 0956-053X (Linking)
VI  - 55
DP  - 2016 Sep
TI  - Partitioning and diffusion of PBDEs through an HDPE geomembrane.
PG  - 191-203
LID - S0956-053X(16)30237-9 [pii]
LID - 10.1016/j.wasman.2016.05.006 [doi]
AB  - Polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) has been measured in MSW landfill leachate 
      and its migration through a modern landfill liner has not been investigated 
      previously. To assure environmental protection, it is important to evaluate the 
      efficacy of landfill liners for controlling the release of PBDE to the 
      environment to a negligible level. The partitioning and diffusion of a commercial 
      mixture of PBDEs (DE-71: predominantly containing six congeners) with respect to 
      a high-density polyethylene (HDPE) geomembrane is examined. The results show that 
      the partitioning coefficients of the six congeners in this mixture range from 
      700,000 to 7,500,000 and the diffusion coefficients range from 1.3 to 
      6.0x10(-15)m(2)/s depending on the congener. This combination of very high 
      partitioning coefficients and very low diffusion coefficients suggest that a well 
      constructed HDPE geomembrane liner will be an extremely effective barrier for 
      PBDEs with respect to diffusion from a municipal solid waste landfill, as 
      illustrated by an example. The results for pure diffusion scenario showed that 
      the congeners investigated meet the guidelines by at least a factor of three for 
      an effective geomembrane liner where diffusion is the controlling transport 
      mechanism.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
FAU - Rowe, R Kerry
AU  - Rowe RK
AD  - Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, GeoEngineering Centre at 
      Queen's-RMC, Queen's University, Ellis Hall, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada. 
      Electronic address: kerry.rowe@queensu.ca.
FAU - Saheli, Pooneh T
AU  - Saheli PT
AD  - Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, GeoEngineering Centre at 
      Queen's-RMC, Queen's University, Ellis Hall, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada. 
      Electronic address: pooneh.saheli@queensu.ca.
FAU - Rutter, Allison
AU  - Rutter A
AD  - School of Environmental Studies, Queen's University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, 
      Canada. Electronic address: ruttera@queensu.ca.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20160707
PL  - United States
TA  - Waste Manag
JT  - Waste management (New York, N.Y.)
JID - 9884362
RN  - 0 (Halogenated Diphenyl Ethers)
RN  - 0 (Solid Waste)
RN  - 0 (Water Pollutants, Chemical)
RN  - 9002-88-4 (Polyethylene)
SB  - IM
MH  - Environmental Monitoring
MH  - Filtration/*instrumentation
MH  - Halogenated Diphenyl Ethers/*analysis
MH  - *Polyethylene
MH  - Refuse Disposal/*methods
MH  - Solid Waste
MH  - Waste Disposal Facilities
MH  - Water Pollutants, Chemical/*analysis
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Brominated flame retardants
OT  - Contaminants of emerging concern
OT  - Diffusion coefficient
OT  - Geosynthetics
OT  - High density polyethylene
OT  - MSW landfill
OT  - Partitioning coefficient
OT  - Polybrominated diphenyl ethers
EDAT- 2016/05/24 06:00
MHDA- 2017/05/13 06:00
CRDT- 2016/05/24 06:00
PHST- 2015/10/16 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2016/03/20 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2016/05/04 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2016/05/24 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2016/05/24 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2017/05/13 06:00 [medline]
AID - S0956-053X(16)30237-9 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.wasman.2016.05.006 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Waste Manag. 2016 Sep;55:191-203. doi: 10.1016/j.wasman.2016.05.006. Epub 2016 
      Jul 7.