Interlaboratory CEC and exchangeable cation study of bentonite buffer materials: I. Cu(II)-triethylenetetramine method

Clays and Clay Minerals

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 162-175

  Dohrmann, Rreiner ^a,b   Genske, Dieter ^c   Karnland, Ola ^d   Kaufhold, Stephan ^b   Kiviranta, Leena ^e   Olsson, Siv ^d   Plötze, Michael ^f   Sandén, Torbjörn ^d   Sellin, Patrik ^g   Svensson, Daniel ^g   Valter, Martin ^f  

^a Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe BGR   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

^c S and B Industrial Minerals GmbH   (Germany)

^d Ideon Science Park   (Sweden)

^e BTech Oy   (Finland)

^f ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^g SWEDISH NUCLEAR FUEL AND WASTE MANAGEMENT CO   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bentonite buffer; CEC; Cu trien; Exchangeable cations; Interlaboratory study

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL CHARACTERIZATION; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; BUFFER MATERIALS; CANDIDATE MATERIALS; CATION EXCHANGE CAPACITIES; CEC; CU-TRIEN; DATA SCATTER; EXCHANGEABLE CATION; ILLITIZATION; INTERLABORATORY STUDIES; INTERNATIONAL RESEARCHES; REFERENCE MATERIAL; RING TEST; SENSITIVE PARAMETER; STANDARD DEVIATION; STRUCTURAL CHANGE; SWELLING CAPACITIES; TEST PROJECTS; TRIETHYLENETETRAMINE; TWO PARAMETER; VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY;

BENTONITE; CARBONATE MINERALS; CHARACTERIZATION; EXPERIMENTS; GYPSUM; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METALLIC COMPOUNDS; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; SOFTWARE TESTING; SOIL TESTING; STATISTICS; SWELLING;

POSITIVE IONS;

BENTONITE; CALCITE; DISSOLUTION; EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY; GYPSUM; ILLITIZATION; ION EXCHANGE; LABORATORY METHOD; MINERAL PROPERTY; SWELLING;

EID: 84862742736     PISSN: 00098604     EISSN: 15528367     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1346/CCMN.2012.0600206     Document Type: Article

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