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Geomembranes for environmental remediation
December 17th, 2024
By Brian Fraser, Vice President Layfield Geosynthetics Geomembranes are frequently used in soil remediation applications for environmental containment. Environmental remediation is the cleanup of hazardous substances dealing with the removal, treatment and containment of contaminants, including soil, groundwater and sediment. Applications include the treatment and cleanup of brownfield sites and contaminated soils as a result of […]
Alternative stress cracking surfactants identified for HDPE geomembrane testing
February 9th, 2022
The Australian geosynthetics testing company ExcelPlas discusses the search for alternative stress cracking surfactants to the pollutant Igepal CO-630. Photograph courtesy Solmax Geosynthetics testing company ExcelPlas in Highett, Victoria, Australia, has identified two alternative stress cracking surfactants for high-density polyethylene (HDPE) geomembranes. Igepal™ CO-630, the non-ionic surfactant used in high-density polyethylene (HDPE) stress cracking bath, […]