Acid induced degradation of the bentonite component used in geosynthetic clay liners

Geotextiles and Geomembranes

Volumn 36, Issue , 2013, Pages 71-80

  Liu, Yang ^a   Gates, Will P ^a   Bouazza, Abdelmalek ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acid solutions; Bentonite; Geosynthetic clay liners; Infrared spectroscopy; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

ACID SOLUTIONS; ATTERBERG LIMITS; FLUID LOSS; FREE SWELL INDEX; GEOSYNTHETIC CLAY; GEOSYNTHETIC CLAY LINERS; HYDRAULIC PERFORMANCE; INDUCED DEGRADATION; LEACHATES; NATURAL CLAY MINERALS; SEEPAGE BARRIER; SOIL MIXTURES; WASTE CONTAINMENT;

BENTONITE; CLAY MINERALS; GEOSYNTHETIC MATERIALS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; SOIL TESTING; SOLID WASTES; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

SULFURIC ACID;

ATTERBERG LIMIT; BENTONITE; CLAY LINER; CLAY MINERAL; DEGRADATION; GEOSYNTHETICS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84869137359     PISSN: 02661144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geotexmem.2012.10.011     Document Type: Article

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