Investigations on the leaching behaviour of irrigated construction elements

Anya Vollpracht; Wolfgang Brameshuber

doi:10.1007/s11356-009-0264-8

Investigations on the leaching behaviour of irrigated construction elements

Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2010 Jun;17(5):1177-82. doi: 10.1007/s11356-009-0264-8. Epub 2009 Nov 24.

Authors

Anya Vollpracht¹, Wolfgang Brameshuber

Affiliation

¹ Institute of Building Materials Research, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany. vollpracht@ibac.rwth-aachen.de

PMID: 19937278
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-009-0264-8

Abstract

Objective: In this paper, results regarding the leaching of trace elements out of mineral building materials under irrigation are presented.

Results: The leaching in the irrigation test is compared with the leaching under constant water exposure to determine the relevance of the irrigation scenario for the assessment of the environmental compatibility of mineral building materials.

MeSH terms

Adsorption
Construction Materials / analysis*
Environmental Monitoring*
Filtration / instrumentation
Fractional Precipitation
Industrial Waste
Metals / analysis*
Metals / isolation & purification
Particulate Matter / analysis
Particulate Matter / chemistry
Particulate Matter / isolation & purification
Porosity
Rain*
Solubility
Time Factors
Water / chemistry

Substances

Industrial Waste
Metals
Particulate Matter
Water