The state-of-the-art for barriers systems control of pollution migration and hydraulic
structures including liner systems for landfills, mine waste, and dams/lagoons are discussed …

Understanding the mechanisms that control the hydraulic and semipermeable membrane
behavior of enhanced bentonites (EBs), which comprise natural montmorillonite amended …

Covid-19 is proving to be an unprecedented disaster for human health, social contacts and
the economy worldwide. It is evident that SARS-CoV-2 may spread through municipal solid …

The diffusion and semi-permeable membrane behavior are significant for evaluating
pollution containment effectiveness of soil-bentonite slurry trench wall backfill (referred to as …

Membrane efficiency coefficient of clay is evaluated with considering the effect of fixed
charges adsorbed on clay mineral surfaces. By virtue of the concept of chemical potential …

Polymer-enhanced bentonites for geoenvironmental containment barriers, such as bentonite-
polyacrylic-acid composite (BPC), generally have low hydraulic conductivity (eg, k< 10− 10 …

Diffusion coefficients were measured for soil-bentonite (SB) backfill sampled from a
constructed vertical cutoff wall in Pennsylvania, USA. The backfill consisted of lean clay (the …

The persistence of membrane behaviour of compacted bentonite barriers under thermo-
chemical conditions is of significance for their containment performance in high-level …

Significant research conducted over the last 20 years has shown that engineered clay
barriers for chemical containment applications can behave as semipermeable membranes …

Most of the experimental research conducted to date has provided evidence on the
semipermeable membrane behaviour of smectite-rich clay soils, the extent of which is …