Swelling pressure of a divalent-rich bentonite: Diffuse double-layer theory revisited

Water Resources Research

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Schanz, Tom ^a   Tripathy, Snehasis ^b  

^a BAUHAUS UNIVERSITY WEIMAR   (Germany)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTIVE FORCES; CLAY PLATELETS; COMPACTED BENTONITE; DOUBLE LAYERS; DOUBLE-LAYER REPULSION; DRY DENSITY; ION HYDRATION; SWELLING PRESSURES; THEORETICAL RESULT;

BENTONITE; IONS;

SWELLING;

EID: 77950938057     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007WR006495     Document Type: Article

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