Interaction of Fresh and Saline Waters with Compacted Bentonite

摘要

The interaction of compacted sodium bentonite with fresh groundwater simulant(Allard water) and saline groundwater was studied. The parameters varied in the experiments were water/bentonite ratio, the density of bentonite, composition of solution, temperature, and oxygen and carbon dioxide content in the surroundings. The main interest of the study were the chemical and mineralogical changes in solution and bentonite together with the microstructural properties of bentonite.