Gelation of water-bentonite suspensions at high temperatures and rheological control with lignite addition

Applied Clay Science

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 221-231

  Kelessidis, Vassilios C ^a   Christidis, George ^a   Makri, Pagona ^a   Hadjistamou, Vassiliki ^a   Tsamantaki, Christina ^a   Mihalakis, Athanasios ^b   Papanicolaou, Cassiani ^c   Foscolos, Antonios ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL EXPLORATION   (Greece)

Author keywords

Bentonite suspensions; Gelation; High temperature; Humic substances; Lignites; Rheology

Indexed keywords

GELATION; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; ION EXCHANGE; LIGNITE; RHEOLOGY; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); VISCOPLASTICITY; YIELD STRESS;

CATION EXCHANGE CAPACITY; FULVIC ACID; HERSCHEL-BULKLEY BEHAVIOR; HUMIC ACID;

BENTONITE;

BENTONITE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LIGNITE; RHEOLOGY; STRESS; VISCOSITY;

EID: 34247472264     PISSN: 01691317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clay.2006.09.010     Document Type: Article

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