The influence of single-species salt solutions of various concentration, cation valence, and
pH on swelling and hydraulic conductivity of nonprehydrated GCLs was examined. At similar …

High-resolution specular x-ray reflectivity of the mica (001)-water interface under ambient
conditions reveals oscillations in water oxygen density in the surface-normal direction …

Monte Carlo simulations have been used to predict the interlayer basal separations of
sodium-saturated Wyoming clays at constant stress (NP zz T ensemble) and at constant …

The effect of polar comonomers introduced into polystyrene (PS) chains on the melt
intercalation into organosilicate is investigated in terms of shear and annealing time. In the …

At what underlying fundamental level of understanding does geosciences research need to
attain in order to evaluate the complex processes that control the weathering rate of silicate …

A biased Monte Carlo method for the insertion of water in dense clay–water systems is
presented. The use of this algorithm results in a considerable increase of the success rate of …

The study of the properties of rocks and soils is of importance in several areas of
fundamental and applied research. 1, 2 Their physical and chemical properties, as well as …

It is well known that the sodium smectite class of clays swells macroscopically in contact with
water, whereas under normal conditions the potassium form does not. In recent work using …

Bentonite clay is a micro-inhomogeneous material, which consists of clay minerals (mainly
montmorillonite), macro-grains (mainly quartz), water, air and others. Properties of the …

Clays present remarkable electrokinetic features since they exist from very dilute colloidal
state to nanoporous materials, depending on the water/clay ratio. The case of low volume …