Diffusion of Na and Cs in montmorillonite

Clays and Clay Minerals

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 190-206

  Kosakowski, Georg ^a   Churakov, Sergey V ^a   Thoenen, Tres ^a  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cs+; Diffusion; Molecular dynamics; Montmorillonite; Na+; Swelling; Water

Indexed keywords

CLAY MINERALS; DYNAMICS; IONIZATION OF LIQUIDS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SILICATE MINERALS; WATER CONTENT;

DEGREES OF HYDRATION; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENTS; INTERLAYER DISTANCES; INTERLAYER WATERS; MONTE CARLO (MC); MONTMORILLONITE (MM); SWELLING BEHAVIORS;

CESIUM;

CESIUM; DIFFUSION; EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY; IONIC COMPOSITION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; MONTMORILLONITE; SODIUM; SWELLING; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 48249084970     PISSN: 00098604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1346/CCMN.2008.0560205     Document Type: Article

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