Colloid diffusion coefficients in compacted and consolidated clay barriers: Compaction density and colloid size effects

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 36, Issue 17-18, 2011, Pages 1700-1707

  Alonso, Ursula ^a   Missana, Tiziana ^a   Garcia Gutierrez, Miguel ^a   Patelli, Alessandro ^b   Albarran, Nairoby ^a   Rigato, Valentino ^c  

^a CIEMAT   (Spain)

^b Associazione Civen   (Italy)

^c LABORATORI NAZIONALI DI LEGNARO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Colloids; Compacted bentonite; Consolidated clay; Diffusion; RBS

Indexed keywords

ANION EXCLUSION; APPARENT DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; CLAY TYPE; COLLOID SIZE; COMPACTED BENTONITE; COMPACTION DENSITIES; CONCENTRATION PROFILES; CONSOLIDATED CLAY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENTS; DIFFUSION PROFILES; EXPERIMENTAL METHODOLOGY; GOLD COLLOID; NUCLEAR ION BEAMS; OPALINUS CLAY; RBS; RUTHERFORD BACKSCATTERING SPECTROMETRY; SIZE EXCLUSION; SWITZERLAND;

BENTONITE; COLLOID CHEMISTRY; DIFFUSION; NEGATIVE IONS; RUTHERFORD BACKSCATTERING SPECTROSCOPY; SURFACE DIFFUSION;

COLLOIDS;

BENTONITE; COLLOID; COMPACTION; DIFFUSION; GOLD; SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 82955187613     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2011.10.017     Document Type: Article

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