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Christopher Thompson

Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Projects

Mineral Reactivity and Transformations in Adsorbed Water Films

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
John Loring
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
Transformations of minerals covered in thin films of adsorbed H2O are ubiquitous in nature and occur under unique chemical and physical constraints. But in contrast to bulk aqueous systems,…

Influence of Adsorbed Organic Acids on Soil Mineral Wettability

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
John Loring
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
Soil wettability is dictated by the extent to which hydrophilic mineral surfaces are covered by hydrophobic soil organic carbon (SOC) from bacterial decomposition, decaying plant matter, or root…

Zero Emission Research & Technology (ZERT) CO2 Sequestration Leakage Evaluation Task: Parameterization of Leakage from Geologically Sequestered CO2 (PNNL Scope # 46379).

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Christopher Thompson
Project type
Exploratory Research
Understanding, characterizing, and ultimately quantifying leakage rates of geologically sequestered CO2 through the confining layers (caprock) is critical to site monitoring and verification (SMV),…

Infrared Detection of Organics in Artificial Aging Experiments

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Christopher Thompson
Project type
Exploratory Research
Aging is an important process in which hydrophobic organic compounds become incorporated into a solid matrix during extended contact times (e.g., decades). Contaminants in aged materials exhibit…