PMID- 28740357
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20200930
IS  - 1072-6349 (Print)
IS  - 1751-7613 (Electronic)
IS  - 1072-6349 (Linking)
VI  - 24
IP  - 2
DP  - 2017 May
TI  - Diffusion of multiwall carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) through a high density 
      polyethylene (HDPE) geomembrane.
PG  - 184-197
LID - 10.1680/jgein.16.00025 [doi]
AB  - The new applications for carbon nanotubes (CNTs) in various fields and 
      consequently their greater production volume have increased their potential 
      release to the environment. Landfills are one of the major locations where carbon 
      nanotubes are expected to be disposed and it is important to ensure that they can 
      limit the release of CNTs. Diffusion of multiwall carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) 
      dispersed in an aqueous media through a high-density polyethylene (HDPE) 
      geomembrane (as a part of the landfill barrier system) was examined. Based on the 
      laboratory tests, the permeation coefficient was estimated to be less than 
      5.1x10(-15) m(2)/s. The potential performance of a HDPE geomembrane and 
      geosynthetic clay liner (GCL) as parts of a composite liner in containing MWCNTs 
      was modelled for six different scenarios. The results suggest that the low value 
      of permeation coefficient of an HDPE geomembrane makes it an effective diffusive 
      barrier for MWCNTs and by keeping the geomembrane defects to minimum during the 
      construction (e.g., number of holes and length of wrinkles) a composite liner 
      commonly used in municipal solid waste landfills will effectively contain MWCNTs.
FAU - Saheli, P T
AU  - Saheli PT
AD  - GeoEngineering Centre at Queen's-RMC, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, 
      Canada, K7L 3N6.
FAU - Rowe, R K
AU  - Rowe RK
AD  - Professor and Canada Research Chair in Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental 
      Engineering, GeoEngineering Centre at Queen's - RMC, Queen's University, 
      Kingston, Canada, K7L 3N6.
FAU - Petersen, E J
AU  - Petersen EJ
AD  - Material Measurement Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology, 
      Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899, United States.
FAU - O'Carroll, D M
AU  - O'Carroll DM
AD  - Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Western Ontario, 
      London, Ontario, Canada.
LA  - eng
GR  - 9999-NIST/Intramural NIST DOC/United States
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20170403
PL  - England
TA  - Geosynth Int
JT  - Geosynthetics international
JID - 101708768
PMC - PMC5520657
MID - NIHMS856010
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - GMB
OT  - Geosynthetics
OT  - landfill
OT  - municipal solid waste
OT  - permeation coefficient
EDAT- 2017/07/26 06:00
MHDA- 2017/07/26 06:01
PMCR- 2018/05/01
CRDT- 2017/07/26 06:00
PHST- 2017/07/26 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2017/07/26 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2017/07/26 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2018/05/01 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 10.1680/jgein.16.00025 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Geosynth Int. 2017 May;24(2):184-197. doi: 10.1680/jgein.16.00025. Epub 2017 Apr 
      3.