Alteration of compacted bentonite by diffusion of highly alkaline solutions

European Journal of Mineralogy

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 725-735

  Fernández, Raúl ^a,b   Mäder, Urs K ^b   Rodríguez, Manuel ^c   De La Villa, Raquel Vigil ^c   Cuevas, Jaime ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS DE LA CONSTRUCCIÓN EDUARDO TORROJA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alkaline plume; Bentonite alteration; Diffusion experiment; Montmorillonite; Reactive transport

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; CLAY MINERALS; DIFFUSION; ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; HYDRATED LIME; POSITIVE IONS; SILICATES; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZEOLITES;

ALKALINE PLUMES; COMPACTED BENTONITE; DIFFUSION EXPERIMENTS; EXCHANGEABLE CATION; MINERALOGICAL CHANGES; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; REACTIVE TRANSPORT; UNDERGROUND STORAGE;

BENTONITE;

BENTONITE; CEMENTATION; CONCRETE; DIFFUSION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MONTMORILLONITE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PH; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; REACTIVE TRANSPORT; SMECTITE; ZEOLITE;

EID: 72149119628     PISSN: 09351221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0935-1221/2009/0021-1947     Document Type: Article

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