Reactivity of the cement-bentonite interface with alkaline solutions using transport cells

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 977-992

  Fernández, Raúl ^a   Cuevas, Jaime ^a   Sánchez, Laura ^a   de la Villa, Raquel Vigil ^a   Leguey, Santiago ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTONITE; CEMENTS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; SOLUTIONS;

ALKALINE FLUIDS; CEMENT-BENTONITE INTERFACE; CLAYEY FORMATION; DEEP GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORY (DGR); MINERALOGICAL TRANSFORMATIONS;

INTERFACES (MATERIALS);

BENTONITE; CEMENT; HOST ROCK; INTERFACE; MORTAR; RADIOACTIVE WASTE;

ALMERIA [ANDALUCIA]; ANDALUCIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 33646891272     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2006.02.016     Document Type: Article

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