Analysis of microstructural images of dry and water-saturated compacted bentonite samples observed with X-ray micro CT

Applied Clay Science

Volumn 47, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 65-71

  Tomioka, Satoshi ^a   Kozaki, Tamotsu ^a   Takamatsu, Hidenori ^a   Noda, Natsuko ^a   Nisiyama, Shusuke ^a   Kozai, Naofumi ^b   Suzuki, Satoru ^c   Sato, Seichi ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Compacted bentonite; Geological disposal; Image analysis; Micro computed tomography; Montmorillonite; Noise reduction

Indexed keywords

COMPACTED BENTONITE; GEOLOGICAL DISPOSAL; GEOLOGICAL DISPOSALS; MICROCOMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NOISE REDUCTIONS;

ACOUSTIC NOISE MEASUREMENT; BENTONITE; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE TREATMENT; POWDERS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; SILICATE MINERALS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TOMOGRAPHY; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER ANALYSIS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

CLAY MINERALS;

BENTONITE; COMPACTION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MICROSTRUCTURE; MONTMORILLONITE; SATURATION; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 72649105009     PISSN: 01691317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clay.2008.09.001     Document Type: Article

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