Water retention of two natural compacted bentonites

Clays and Clay Minerals

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 311-322

  Villar, M V ^a  

^a CIEMAT   (Spain)

Author keywords

Basal spacing; Compacted bentonite; Exchangeable cations; Radioactive waste repositories; Smectite; Water retention

Indexed keywords

DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORIES; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; WATER CONTENT;

BASAL SPACING; DRY DENSITIES; EXCHANGEABLE CATIONS; SMECTITE; WATER RETENTION;

BENTONITE;

BENTONITE; DRY DENSITY; ION EXCHANGE; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; REPOSITORY; SMECTITE; WATER RETENTION;

EID: 34547545287     PISSN: 00098604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1346/CCMN.2007.0550307     Document Type: Article

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