Experimental characterization of hydration and pinning in bentonite clay, a swelling, heterogeneous, porous medium

Geoderma

Volumn 134, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 295-305

  Brú, Antonio ^a   Pastor, Juan Manuel ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dynamics; Fractal; Hydration; Porous media; Scaling analysis

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARITY; DIFFUSION; HYDRATION; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PORE SIZE; POROUS MATERIALS; SWELLING; WETTING;

CAPILLARY FORCE; HELE-SHAW HYDRATION CELL; PINNING; SCALING ANALYSIS;

BENTONITE;

BENTONITE; HYDRATION; WETTING FRONT;

EID: 33746375668     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2006.03.006     Document Type: Article

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