Modelling iron-bentonite interactions

Applied Clay Science

Volumn 47, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 91-98

  Savage, David ^a   Watson, Claire ^a   Benbow, Steven ^a   Wilson, James ^b  

^a QUINTESSA LTD   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alteration; Iron; Modelling; Natural analogues; Ostwald step processes

Indexed keywords

ALTERATION; BERTHIERINE; CHEMICAL INTERACTIONS; COMPUTER CODES; ENGINEERED BARRIER SYSTEM; GEOLOGICAL DISPOSALS; HIGH LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES; INTERFACIAL FREE ENERGY; IRON CORROSION; IRON SILICATES; KINETIC DATA; LONG TERM PERFORMANCE; MINERAL SURFACES; NATURAL SYSTEMS; RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION; SIMULATION TIME; SLOW GROWTH; SOLID PRODUCTS; STEP SEQUENCES; TIME-DEPENDENT;

BACKSCATTERING; BENTONITE; CLAY MINERALS; FREE ENERGY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE TREATMENT; IRON ORES; IRON RESEARCH; MINERALS; OSTWALD RIPENING; OXIDE MINERALS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RADIOISOTOPES; RUTHERFORD BACKSCATTERING SPECTROSCOPY; SILICATE MINERALS; SIMULATORS; WASTE DISPOSAL;

CLAY ALTERATION;

BENTONITE; CONTAINMENT BARRIER; IRON; MINERAL ALTERATION; MODELING; NATURAL ANALOG; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; WASTE DISPOSAL;

EID: 72649097567     PISSN: 01691317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clay.2008.03.011     Document Type: Article

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