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Electroosmotic phenomena in organic soils.
INTRODUCTION
In 1809, Reuss, a researcher from Russia, was the first to observe water flow in soils as a result of a direct electric current passing through it. Electroosmosis (EO) is one of the electrokinetic phenomena where the pore fluid moves due to application of DC current (or voltage) by electrodes in a soil mass (1). Geotechnical and environmental engineers have been interested in electroosmosis for many years as a method of soil improvement including electroosmotic dewatering, ion injection, contaminant removal, electrobioremediation and trochemical remediation (2). Soils with organic content of greater than 20% are generally termed organic soil. Peat is described as a naturally occurring highly organic substance derived primarily from plant materials. The definition of peat ov...See the full content of this document
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