Modeling cation diffusion in compacted water-saturated sodium bentonite at low ionic strength

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 23, 2007, Pages 8118-8122

  Bourg, Ian C ^a,b,c,d   Sposito, Garrison ^a,c   Bourg, Alain C M ^b  

^a Berkeley   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE PAU ET DES PAYS DE L'ADOUR   (France)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d ANDRA   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; IONIC STRENGTH; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADIOACTIVE WASTES;

MOLECULAR DIFFUSION; SOLUTE MOLECULES;

POSITIVE IONS;

BENTONITE; CATION; MONTMORILLONITE; SODIUM; STRONTIUM;

DIFFUSION; IONIC STRENGTH; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POSITIVE IONS; RADIOACTIVE WASTES;

ADSORPTION; DIFFUSION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LANDFILL; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MONTMORILLONITE; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; SATURATION; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY);

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL ENVIRONMENT; DIFFUSION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; IONIC STRENGTH; MOLECULE; NANOPORE; SOLUTE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BENTONITE; CATIONS; DIFFUSION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SODIUM; STRONTIUM;

EID: 36849004450     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es0717212     Document Type: Article

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