Are all smectite clays suitable as "buffers"?

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 32, Issue 1-7, 2007, Pages 116-122

  Pusch, Roland ^a   Kasbohm, Jörn ^b   Pacovsky, Jaroslav ^c   Cechova, Zuzana ^c  

^a Geodevelopment International AB   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^c CZECH TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Buffer; Clay; Hydraulic conductivity; Microstructure; Smectite; Swelling pressure

Indexed keywords

DEHYDRATION; DISSOLUTION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; SWEDEN; SWELLING;

BUFFER SMECTITES; SELF-SEALING POTENTIAL; SMECTITE CLAYS;

CLAY MINERALS;

DISSOLUTION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MICROSTRUCTURE; MONTMORILLONITE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); RADIOACTIVE WASTE; SMECTITE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 33847722714     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2006.03.008     Document Type: Article

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