Mineral stability of Fe-rich bentonite in the Mock-Up-CZ experiment

Geologica Carpathica

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 431-436

  Stríček, Igor ^a   Šucha, Vladimír ^a   Uhlík, Peter ^a   Madejová, Jana ^b   Galko, Igor ^c  

^a Faculty of Natural Sciences   (Slovakia)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^c G55 Sro ^*  (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Bentonite barrier; Fe rich montmorillonite; Long term bentonite stability; Mock Up experiment; Rokle bentonite

Indexed keywords

BENTONITE; CRYSTALLINITY; EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDRATION; ION EXCHANGE; MINERAL DEPOSIT; MONTMORILLONITE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SMECTITE;

EID: 70349958861     PISSN: 13350552     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10096-009-0031-2     Document Type: Article

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