Advances on the knowledge of the buffer/backfill properties of heavily-compacted GMZ bentonite

Engineering Geology

Volumn 116, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 12-20

  Ye, Wei Min ^a   Chen, Yong Gui ^a,b   Chen, Bao ^a   Wang, Qiong ^a   Wang, Ju ^c  

^a Tongji University   (China)

^b CHANGSHA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c BEIJING RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF URANIUM GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Engineered barrier; GMZ bentonite; Hydraulic conductivity; Mechanical behavior; Thermal conductivity

Indexed keywords

BASIC PROPERTIES; CATION EXCHANGE CAPACITIES; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; COMPACTION CURVES; CONFINED CONDITION; DEGREE OF SATURATIONS; DIFFUSE DOUBLE LAYERS; DRY DENSITY; ENGINEERED BARRIERS; GMZ BENTONITE; HYDRAULIC BEHAVIOR; HYSTERETIC BEHAVIOR; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; MICROSTRUCTURAL CHANGES; NUCLEAR WASTE DISPOSAL; OPTIMUM WATER CONTENT; POTENTIAL MATERIALS; SPECIFIC SURFACE; SWELLING BEHAVIOR; SWELLING PRESSURES; TEMPERATURE INCREASE; UNCONFINED CONDITIONS; UNSATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; VOID RATIOS; VOLUME CHANGE; WATER RETENTION CAPACITY; WATER RETENTION CURVE;

CLAY MINERALS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYSTERESIS; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; SILICATE MINERALS; SWELLING; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMOANALYSIS; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER CONTENT;

BENTONITE;

BACKFILL; BENTONITE; CATION EXCHANGE CAPACITY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMPACTION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; KNOWLEDGE; MICROSTRUCTURE; MINERALOGY; MONTMORILLONITE; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; SWELLING; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER RETENTION;

EID: 77957843444     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2010.06.002     Document Type: Article

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