New experimental approach for studying diffusion through an intact and unsaturated medium: A case study with callovo-oxfordian argillite

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 3698-3704

  Savoye, Sébastien ^a   Page, Jacques ^a   Puente, Céline ^a   Imbert, Christophe ^a   Coelho, Daniel ^b  

^a DIF   (France)

^b ANDRA   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIONIC SPECIES; CALLOVO-OXFORDIAN ARGILLITE; CLAYSTONES; DIFFUSION CELLS; DIFFUSION PARAMETERS; DIFFUSIVE BEHAVIOR; EXPERIMENTAL APPROACHES; HIGH LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES; POROUS MEDIUM; SATURATION DEGREE; TRITIATED WATER; VOLUMETRIC WATER CONTENT; WATER SATURATIONS;

INDUSTRIAL WASTE TREATMENT; POROUS MATERIALS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; TRITIUM;

DIFFUSION;

ARGILLITE; RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANION; ARGILLITE; CALLOVIAN; CLAYSTONE; DEHYDRATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HOST ROCK; OSMOSIS; OXFORDIAN; POROSITY; POROUS MEDIUM; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM; TRITIUM; UNSATURATED MEDIUM; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER CONTENT;

ARTICLE; DIFFUSION; OSMOSIS; OXFORDIAN; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; WATER CONTENT;

ALUMINUM SILICATES; DIFFUSION; OSMOSIS; PERMEABILITY; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTANTS;

EID: 77952533351     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es903738t     Document Type: Article

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