The species The chemical (or non-chemical, such as bacterial or viral) constituents that are stored and transported through an environmental system in a contaminant transport model. In GoldSim, the Species element defines all of the contaminant species being simulated (and their properties). masses that are present in a Source are defined by specifying inventories. Multiple inventories can be defined for a Source. Each inventory has a specific location within the Source (relative to the barriers), although multiple inventories can coincide in the same location. Also, Inventories can optionally be specified as being bound within a waste matrix (in which case a matrix degradation rate must be specified).
The amount of mass in each inventory, coupled with its location and its matrix degradation rate, determines the rate at which its mass is exposed. The mathematical details of how the exposure rate for an inventory is calculated (as a function of barrier failure rates and matrix degradation) are described in Appendix E of the Contaminant Transport Module User’s Guide.
Note: An inventory specifies the amount of species mass at a specific location in a single waste package.
The topic below describes how inventories are specified.
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- Associating Cells with a Source
- Defining a Source: Overview
- Defining Barrier Failure
- Defining Source Inventories
- Defining the Level of Containment
- Instantaneously Moving Mass from a Source
- Saving Results for a Source
- Source Example Models
- Source Outputs
- Using Contaminant Sources
- Viewing a Source in the Browser