Experimentally determined swelling pressures and geochemical interactions of compacted Wyoming bentonite with highly alkaline solutions

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 32, Issue 1-7, 2007, Pages 275-286

  Karnland, Ola ^a,b   Olsson, Siv ^b   Nilsson, Ulf ^a   Sellin, Patrik ^c  

^a Ideon Science Park   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Stockholms Kooperativa Bostadsforening   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bentonite; Cement; High pH; Montmorillonite; Repository; Swelling pressure

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; BENTONITE; CEMENTS; CLAY MINERALS; MINERALOGY; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; SOLUTIONS; SWELLING;

ALKALINE CEMENT PORE FLUID;

GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORIES;

ALKALINE WATER; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; BENTONITE; CEMENT; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROXIDE; MONTMORILLONITE; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; REPOSITORY; SWELLING;

EID: 33947145338     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2006.01.012     Document Type: Article

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