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Thermodynamics of non-dilute saline solutions in variably saturated porous media

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Burns, Erick R.

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Non-dilute salt strength solutions occur in many near surface geologic environments. In order to better understand the occurrence and movement of the water and salt, mathematical models for this non-ideal fluid need to be developed. Initial boundary value problems may then be solved to predict behavior for comparison with observations....

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Dissertation

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research core of my committee is Professors John Selker, Maria Dragila, and Ron Guenther. Each has
Effects of sodium chloride on constitutive relations in variably saturated porous media.pdf

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Burns, Erick R., Selker, John S., Parlange, Jean-Yves, and Guenther, Ronald B.

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Though many arid and contaminated sites have high salinity, prediction of effects of salinity on water movement in soils has been based on dilute solution approximations. Here a sensitivity analysis compares predicted liquid and vapor pressure in variably saturated porous media found using both the dilute approximations and a more...

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Article

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negligible amount of salt). [60] Acknowledgments. Many thanks to Maria Dragila, Noam Weisbrod, Don Solmon
Thermodynamic correction for salts in variably saturated porous media

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Burns, Erick R.

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Using thermodynamic principles, the general relationship describing the equilibrium vapor content in the gas phase above a saline liquid and across a curved liquid-gas interface is developed. Since high salt concentration also affects the intensive and extensive liquid properties, it is also necessary to account for these effects in liquid...

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Masters Thesis

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of the work still to be published in my Ph.D. dissertation. Thanks are also due to Professor Maria