Bentonite clay keeps pollutants at bay

Elements

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 105-110

  Gates, Will P ^a   Bouazza, Abdelmalek ^a   Jock Churchman, G ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bentonite; Clay; Engineered barrier; Fluid; Radioactive waste; Smectite; Waste

Indexed keywords

CLAY; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; FLUIDS; HEALTH RISKS; POLLUTION; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; WASTES;

CHEMICAL STRESS; ENGINEERED BARRIER SYS-TEM; ENGINEERED BARRIERS; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; REACTIVE BARRIERS; SMECTITES; STRINGENT REGULATIONS; WASTE PRODUCTION;

BENTONITE;

BENTONITE; CLAY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEALTH IMPACT; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLLUTION CONTROL; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; REGULATORY APPROACH; RESEARCH WORK; SMECTITE;

EID: 67649253125     PISSN: 18115209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gselements.5.2.105     Document Type: Article

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