Research Article

Effects of Nonaqueous Phase Liquids Pollution on the Permeability and Microstructure of In-Filed and Laboratory Soaked Contaminated Clay Soils

Table 10

The percentage of pore volume and cumulative surface area of contaminated and uncontaminated samples.

Soil samplesSoil layeraccumulation surface area (m2/g)cumulative porosity volume (cm3/g)Percentage of pore volume (%)
Microporositytransition poresMesoporosityMacro-porosity
d < 10 nm10 < d < 100 nm100 <d  < 1000 nmd > 1000 nm

Uncontaminated clayLayer (2)9.240.2162.3613.3947.5436.71
Layer (3)6.050.48807.6240.1252.26
Layer (4)16.000.3882.809.9629.6557.59
Layer (5)12.330.3820.9714.6760.8423.52
The filed contaminated clay of vinyl chloride and CH2ClCHCl2Layer (2)14.360.3522.7210.4826.4860.32
Layer (3)4.940.53503.0239.6157.37
Layer (4)12.560.3582.159.8932.5155.45
Layer (5)18.810.4172.4415.4042.9339.23
Indoor soaked contaminated clay of TCELayer (4)7.880.4000.4610.2129.0160.32