Download or read book Leaching Characteristics of Construction Materials and Stabilization Products Containing Waste Materials written by GJ. de Groot and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this work, several construction materials prepared with an admixture of waste material and various stabilized waste products have been subjected to leaching studies in order for the leaching behavior of trace elements from these materials to be characterized. Static and dynamic leach tests have been applied, in which the specimen to be studied is fully immersed in demineralized water. Often the leaching process is governed by outward diffusion of constituents dissolved in the pore water. In some cases, dissolution from the surface of the product is most prominent, and in some materials short-term surface release has been observed. Groups of materials can be distinguished with similarities in the leaching behavior of trace elements.