Bitumen Coating as a Tool for Improving the Porosity and Chemical Stability of Simulated Cement-Waste Forms

Table 3

Chemical analysis of some ions of interest in different types of leachants.

Leachants	pH	Soluble cations (ppm)				Soluble anions (ppm)
		K^+	Na^+	Mg^2+	Ca^2+	Cl^−	SO4^2−	HCO3^−
Tapwater	6.90	0.086	1.07	1.2	1.4	0.77	0.7	1.8
Groundwater	7.20	23	149	13	74	137	317	272
Seawater	7.93	8.4	652.6	96.9	28.06	496.9	60.8	183

ppm ≡ mg/L.