Linking the diffusion of water in compacted clays at two different time scales: Tracer through-diffusion and quasielastic neutron scattering

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 3487-3493

  Sánchez, Fátima González ^a   Gimmi, Thomas ^a,b   Jurányi, Fanni ^a   Van Loon, Luc ^a   Diamond, Larryn W ^b  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARRIER FUNCTIONS; BULK WATER; CLAY SURFACES; CLAYSTONES; COMPACTED CLAYS; DIFFERENT TIME SCALE; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENTS; DIFFUSION MEASUREMENTS; DIFFUSION OF WATER; ELECTROSTATIC INTERACTIONS; GEOLOGICAL BARRIERS; LOW TEMPERATURES; MACROSCOPIC DIFFUSION; MACROSCOPIC SCALE; MEASUREMENT SCALE; MICROSCOPIC SCALE; NARROW PORES; NEGATIVE SURFACE CHARGES; PORE NETWORKS; PORE SCALE; POROUS MEDIUM; QUASIELASTIC NEUTRON SCATTERING; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT; TIME-SCALE;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; DIFFUSION; ELECTROSTATICS; KAOLINITE; NEUTRON DIFFRACTION; NEUTRON SCATTERING; POROUS MATERIALS; POSITIVE IONS; SILICATE MINERALS; SURFACE DIFFUSION; WASTE DISPOSAL;

DIFFUSION BARRIERS;

ALUMINUM SILICATE; ILLITE; MONTMORILLONITE; TRACER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

CLAY; CLAYSTONE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONNECTIVITY; DIFFUSION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARTICLE; CLAY; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; ENERGY; GEOMETRY; LEACHING; LOW TEMPERATURE; MEASUREMENT; NEUTRON SCATTERING; POROSITY; PREDICTION; SURFACE CHARGE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TIME; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER DIFFUSION; CHEMISTRY; ELASTICITY; NEUTRON; RADIATION SCATTERING; STATIC ELECTRICITY; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

ALUMINUM SILICATES; DIFFUSION; ELASTICITY; NEUTRONS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; STATIC ELECTRICITY; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS; TIME FACTORS; WATER;

EID: 66249142322     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es8035362     Document Type: Article

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