Research Article

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

Table 9

Changes of clay porosity between TCE contaminated soils and uncontaminated soils.

Soil samplesSoil layerThe result value of mercury intrusion
sample weight (g)total volume of mercury (mL/g)total pore surface area (m2/g)average pore diameter ()Porosity (%)

Uncontaminated clayLayer (2)1.17920.21599.23500.093535.5756
Layer (3)0.78990.48766.05400.322254.2128
Layer (4)0.84040.387616.00100.096948.9643
Layer (5)0.73280.382312.33300.124049.9791
The filed contaminated clay of vinyl chloride and CH2ClCHCl2Layer (2)0.73790.351814.36100.979946.8538
Layer (3)0.70740.53454.93800.433053.3527
Layer (4)0.82900.357612.56300.113849.1841
Layer (5)0.75560.416518.81100.885751.6281
Indoor soaked contaminated clay of TCELayer (4)0.89040.40007.8820.203050.7780