Mineralogical and chemical characteristics of the bentonite in the A2 test parcel of the LOT field experiments at Äspö HRL, Sweden

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 36, Issue 17-18, 2011, Pages 1545-1553

  Olsson, Siv ^a   Karnland, Ola ^a  

^a Ideon Science Park   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bentonite buffer; Cation exchange; CEC; Heater experiment; Hydrothermal; Montmorillonite

Indexed keywords

BUFFER MATERIALS; CATION EXCHANGE CAPACITIES; CATION EXCHANGES; CEC; CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTIC; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CLAY FRACTIONS; CRYSTALLINE BEDROCKS; ELEVATED TEMPERATURE; EXCHANGEABLE CATION; FIELD EXPERIMENT; HARD ROCKS; HIGH LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES; HIGH RESOLUTION ANALYSIS; HYDROTHERMAL; LAYER CHARGE; LONG TERM PROCESS; MATRIX; MX-80 BENTONITE; OCTAHEDRAL SHEETS; PEAK VALUES; PORE WATERS; SAMPLE PREPARATION; SMECTITES; SULPHATES;

BENTONITE; CHLORINE; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CLAY MINERALS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; EXPERIMENTS; GROUNDWATER; GYPSUM; HYDRATION; MAGNESIUM; METALLIC COMPOUNDS; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; POSITIVE IONS; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; TESTING;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS;

BENTONITE; CATION EXCHANGE CAPACITY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CORROSION; HYDRATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; REPOSITORY;

ASPO; SODERMANLAND; SWEDEN;

EID: 82955162660     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2011.10.011     Document Type: Article

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