Modeling the diffusion of Na+ in compacted water-saturated Na-bentonite as a function of pore water ionic strength

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 3635-3641

  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

BENTONITE; CLAY; CLAY MINERALS; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION BARRIERS; DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; IONIC STRENGTH; IONIZATION OF LIQUIDS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOPORES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; POWDERS; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SODIUM; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER;

APPARENT DIFFUSION COEFFICIENTS; BENTONITE BARRIERS; COMPACTED BENTONITES; COMPARTMENT MODELS; DIFFUSION OF WATERS; INTER-LAYERS; PORE SPACES; PORE WATERS; SMECTITE; SMECTITE CLAYS; SURFACE DIFFUSION MODELS;

SURFACE DIFFUSION;

BENTONITE; CATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFUSION; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; MODELING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POREWATER; SODIUM; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 56349153575     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2008.09.004     Document Type: Article

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