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U.S. EPA defines MNA as the reliance on natural processes, within the context of a carefully controlled and monitored site cleanup approach, to achieve site-specific remediation objectives within a time frame that is reasonable compared to that offered by other more active methods. The natural processes include biodegradation, dispersion, dilution, sorption, volatilization, stabilization, and transformation. These processes reduce site risk by transforming contaminants to less toxic forms, reducing contaminant concentrations, and reducing contaminant mobility and bioavailability. Other terms for natural attenuation in the literature include intrinsic remediation, intrinsic bio-remediation, passive bioremediation natural recovery, and natural assimilation. 30... 

Assay Solution Weigh and suspend 1.0 g of sample in 100 mL of water. Add 2 mL of 2 5 ammonium hydroxide. If the sample is not readily soluble, comminute to disperse it evenly in the liquid, then agitate vigorously and wash down the sides of the flask with 0.1 N ammonium hydroxide. Heat the mixture in an autoclave at 121° for 15 min. If lumping occurs, agitate the sample until the particles are evenly dispersed. Dilute the mixture with water to 200 mL. Filter through Whatman No. 1 filter paper, or equivalent, if necessary, to remove any undissolved particles. Adjust the filtered mixture to pH 6.8 and dilute to 1000 mL with water. Prepare the final Assay Solution by diluting 1.0 mL of the intermediate solution with water to a final volume of 50.0 mL. 

Typically, colloidal suspensions are deposited on polycarbonate filters immediately following sampling to reduce post-collection precipitation or aggregation artifacts and mimic the operational procedures used to define dissolved and particulate sample components. Obviously, a well-dispersed dilute sample should be used to avoid artifactual particle overlap. Filter sections are then mounted on SEM stubs and carbon or metal coated (Au/Pd) for compositional analysis and micrographic imaging, respectively. The tedious nature of operator controlled analysis of particulate samples in the SEM and the TEM has often precluded the acquisition of statistically valid information regarding suspension composition. 

WHO specifications for pesticides intended for dispersion/dilution in water should incorporate a specification for persistent foam, to minimize the potential for heterogeneous distribution of active ingredient and for eontamination of the clothes and the skin of the user. CIPAC method MT 47.2 (5) and the method given in the FAO Manual (4) (maximum 60ml after 1 minute) should be used. 

All compounds in leachate entering an aquifer will be subject to advection and dispersion (dilution) as the leachate mixes with groundwater... 

Natural attenuation refers to processes that naturally transform contaminants to less harmful forms or hnmobihze contaminants so that they are less of a threat to the environment see Natural Attenuation for Groundwater Remediation by the National Research Council (2000). This includes dispersion/dilution, sorphon, volatihzahon, and degradation (abiotic, biotic). 

Rizk MA, Elghobashi SE (1989) A Two-Equation Turbulence Model for Dispersed Dilute Confined Two-Phase Flows. Int J multiphase Flow 15(1) 119-133 Rubinow SI, Keller JB (1961) The transverse force on a spinning sphere moving in a viscous fluid. J Fluid Mech 11 447-459... 

After the rate of toxic material entry into a cloud has been determined (using the equations in the preceding section), the effects of atmospheric conditions on the dispersion (dilution) of the material— particularly gas or vapor—can be evaluated. 

The environmental impact of metallic contaminants in soils is dependent both on the chemical speciation of the metal and the response of the matrix to biological and physicochemical conditions. These factors are responsible for the mobilisation of the metal from the solid into the aqueous phase hence transport within the immediate vicinity, has an impact on the rate of dispersal, dilution, uptake and transfer into living systems. The impact of changing environmental conditions on the contaminant inventory can be to enhance or moderate these phenomena, with subsequent consequences for the broader risk assessment of the contaminants. During the last ten years, extensive research in analytical chemistry was initiated to develop highly specific and sensitive methods for measuring potentially harmful substances in various... 

Co-contaminants Dispersion Dilution Environment Chemical composition Sorbents Microorganisms Nutrient offer Microbiological decay/metabolism Gas transfer in unsaturated zone... 

During the first hour, when the entire slug of copper is introduced, dispersion, dilution, and first-order kinetic reactions result in a two-dimensional pattern of labile copper of the shape illustrated in Figure 5. The pattern shows a distribution of concentration about the peak value as a result of initial mixing and subsequent dispersion. The peak is translated downcoast by the advective process and the distribution is skewed somewhat in this same direction as a result of the kinetic transformation of labile copper to bound and sorbed states. A peak value of 18.4 /xg/L is indicated which may be compared to a maximum possible value of about 40 /xg/L if the entire slug were simply mixed with the entire volume of the dispersion zone (the diamond-shaped area around the outfall). 

Hydrodynamic dispersion causes a contaminant plume to spread out from the main direction of ground water flow. Dispersion dilutes the concentrations of the contaminant, and introduces the contaminant into relatively pristine portions of the aquifer where it mixes with more electron acceptors crossgradient to the direction of ground-water flow. As a result of... 

The basic process was first patented by Inmont, USA, in 1982 [9]. They simply claimed polymerisation of vinyl polymers in DPUR. In 1986, a patent for another method of preparation of hybrid acrylic-urethane dispersions (diluting of prepolymer-ionomer with monomers, emulsifying the resulting solution in water and polymerisation) was granted to Witco, USA [26]. 

A sandy, easily filtered and washed phosphate precipitate is obtained by dispersing dilute solutions of the reactants into a large volume of hot (70 to 90°) dilute sulfuric acid. Three solutions are required (1) a 2 iV sulfuric acid solution, which sierves as the reaction medium (2) a zirconium hafnium oxysulfate solution containing 2 to 5 per cent ROz in 2 A sulfuric acid, and (3) a 2 to 5 per cent phosphoric acid solution in 2 iV sulfuric acid. 

Understanding how the sample zone interacts with the surrounding solution is of the utmost importance for system design and method implementation. In this regard, the flow regime - also alterations in flow pattern due to implementation of different strategies -and sample dispersion/dilution are key aspects to be considered. 

When a tracer is injected via a drillhole into groundwater, it is subject to diffusion, dispersion, dilution and adsorption. Dispersion is the result of very small variations in the velocity of laminar flow through porous media. Molecular diffusion is negligible, unless the velocity of flow is unusually low. Even if these processes are not significant, flow through an aquifer may be stratified or concentrated along discontinuities. Therefore, a tracer may remain undetected unless the observation drillholes intersect these discontinuities. 

Environmental poUution It is the addition of any substance (solid, liquid or gas) or any form of energy (heat, sound etc.) to the environment at a rate faster than it can be dispersed, diluted or decomposed. As a result it gradually accumulates with time and causes damage to the environment when the accumulation crosses a certain limit. 

Black Silk - for polyethylene film in technically demanding applications calling for superior dispersion, dilution at high additions, and down-gauging with good opacity and UV protection. For best UV protection, it contains carbon black of 20-25 nm particle size at 40% content, and ingredients meeting European food contact requirements. 

Polymethacrylates (Eudragit ME SOD and Eudragit RS SOD) can be used as binders in aqueous or nonaqueous wet-granulation processes. They are supplied as S0% aqueous dispersions. Dilution with water prior to use is recommended. Eudragit RS SOD is incompatible with magnesium stearate. 

Flow nature Bubbles and emulsion phase Dispersed dilute phase and dense phase Core-annular flow, particle accumulation near wall and particle clustering Dispersed dilute flow with a thin particle layer on the wall... 

The studies of the conducting polymers in solution offer a good opportunity to inspeet the eharge transport limited within a single isolated polymer chain. Exclusively the intrachain electronic processes can be studied when the conducting polymers are dispersed dilutely in the solution. The unique technique of FEES has verified the presence of two levels of intrachain transport processes, in which defects or disorder plays a specific role. 

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