Leaching of Metal Pollutants from Four Well Casings Used for Ground-Water Monitoring
Abstract
Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), polyvinylchloride (PVC), stainless steel 304 (SS 304) and stainless steel 316 (SS 316) well casings were tested for suitability for ground-water monitoring. A laboratory experiment, testing for the leaching of Ag, As, Ba, Cd, Cr, Hg, Pb, Se and Cu, was run in triplicate by exposing sections of the well casings to ground water for four periods ranging from 1 to 40 days. The results showed that PTFE did not leach any of the nine analytes studied, while SS 316 and PVC showed significant leaching of Cr, Cd and Pb; SS 316 also leached significant amounts of Ba and Cu. Stainless steel 304 showed significant leaching of Cr and Pb. In every case where contamination was observed, the release of metal analyte, when averaged over all of the exposure periods, was the greatest from either SS 304 or SS 316. Released contaminants were sorbed back onto the well casings in several cases. Keywords: Silver, Arsenic, Barium, Cadmium, Mercury, Lead metal, Selenium, Copper, Water pollution, Pollutants.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 1989
- Accession Number
- ADA215239
Entities
People
- Alan D. Hewitt
Organizations
- Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory