Water adsorption on clay minerals as a function of relative humidity: application of BET and Freundlich adsorption models

CD Hatch, JS Wiese, CC Crane, KJ Harris, HG Kloss… - Langmuir, 2012 - ACS Publications
Water adsorption on kaolinite, illite, and montmorillonite clays was studied as a function of
relative humidity (RH) at room temperature (298 K) using horizontal attenuated total …

The structure of graphene oxide membranes in liquid water, ethanol and water–ethanol mixtures

AV Talyzin, T Hausmaninger, S You, T Szabó - Nanoscale, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
The structure of graphene oxide (GO) membranes was studied in situ in liquid solvents using
synchrotron radiation X-ray diffraction in a broad temperature interval. GO membranes are …

Porosity investigation of compacted bentonite using XRD profile modeling

M Holmboe, S Wold, M Jonsson - Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 2012 - Elsevier
Many countries intend to use compacted bentonite as a barrier in their deep geological
repositories for nuclear waste. In order to describe and predict hydraulic conductivity or …

Combined thermal and saline effects on the swelling pressure of densely compacted GMZ bentonite

YG Chen, XX Dong, XD Zhang, WM Ye, YJ Cui - Applied Clay Science, 2018 - Elsevier
Sufficient swelling pressure of compacted bentonite upon wetting is necessary to provide
long-term stability to an engineered barrier system under conditions of thermal gradient and …

Neutron scattering, a powerful tool to study clay minerals

ML Martins, WP Gates, L Michot, E Ferrage, V Marry… - Applied clay …, 2014 - Elsevier
Of the techniques used to study clay minerals, neutron scattering has become more familiar
to clay scientists over the past decade. A brief account of neutron scattering theory is given …

Swelling pressure development and inter-aggregate porosity evolution upon hydration of a compacted swelling clay

L Massat, O Cuisinier, I Bihannic, F Claret… - Applied Clay …, 2016 - Elsevier
A specific oedometer cell has been set up to measure the swelling pressure of compacted
montmorillonites at constant volume and to concomitantly visualise the evolution, upon …

[PDF][PDF] Mineralogy, texture and porosity of Callovo-Oxfordian argillites of the Meuse/Haute-Marne region (eastern Paris Basin)

B Yven, S Sammartino, Y Geraud… - Mémoires de la …, 2007 - researchgate.net
The texture and porosity of Callovo-Oxfordian argillites, coming from the Meuse/Haute-
Marne region, have been studied at different scales using borehole and laboratory …

Influence of water density on the water-retention curve of expansive clays

AC Jacinto, MV Villar, A Ledesma - Géotechnique, 2012 - icevirtuallibrary.com
There is increasing evidence from researchers on clay mineralogy that the density of water
attached to clay minerals may be greater than 1· 0 Mg/m3. This fact becomes especially …

Basal spacings of smectite in compacted bentonite

MV Villar, R Gómez-Espina, L Gutiérrez-Nebot - Applied clay science, 2012 - Elsevier
The smectite basal spacings measured in samples with different water contents of bentonite
compacted at various dry densities were reported and analysed. The materials used were …

CO2 Sorption to Subsingle Hydration Layer Montmorillonite Clay Studied by Excess Sorption and Neutron Diffraction Measurements

G Rother, ES Ilton, D Wallacher, T Hauβ… - … science & technology, 2013 - ACS Publications
Geologic storage of CO2 requires that the caprock sealing the storage rock is highly
impermeable to CO2. Swelling clays, which are important components of caprocks, may …