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The Effects of Salinity and Shear History on The Rheological Characteristics of Illite-Rich and Na-Montmorillonite-Rich Clays

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2024

Sueng Won Jeong ,
Jacques Locat  and
Serge Leroueil
Sueng Won Jeong*
Affiliation:
Geologic Environment Division, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources, 124 Gwahang-no, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 305-350, Korea
Jacques Locat
Affiliation:
Department of Geology and Engineering Geology, Laval University, Sainte-Foy, Adrien-Pouliot, local 4317, QC G1K 7P4, Canada
Serge Leroueil
Affiliation:
Department of Civil Engineering, Laval University, Sainte-Foy, Adrien-Pouliot, local 2906, QC G1K 7P4, Canada
*
*E-mail address of corresponding author: suengwon@hotmail.com
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Abstract

Particle–particle interactions in natural clays can be evaluated by their rheological behavior, but the results are often affected by the physicochemical properties of the clays. The behaviors of two fundamentally different types of clays (low-activity and high-activity) differ with respect to salinity and a time factor (duration of shearing at a given shear rate): illite-rich Jonquiere clay (low-activity clay, Canada) and montmorillonite-rich Wyoming bentonite (high-activity clay, USA). The purpose of the present study was to investigate these different behaviors. Most natural clays exhibit shear-thinning and thixotropic behavior with respect to salinity and the volumetric concentration of the solids. Natural clays also exhibit time-dependent non-Newtonian behavior. In terms of index value and shear strength, lowactivity and high-activity clays are known to exhibit contrasting responses to salinity. The geotechnical and rheological characteristics as a function of salinity and the shearing time for the given materials are compared here. The clay minerals were compared to estimate the inherent shear strengths, such as remolded shear strength (which is similar to the yield strength). Low-activity clay exhibits thixotropic behavior in a time-dependent manner. High-activity clay is also thixotropic for a short period of shearing, although rare cases of rheopectic behavior have been measured for long periods of shearing at high shear rates. The change from thixotropic to rheopectic behavior by bentonite clay has little effect at low shearing speeds, but appears to have a significant effect at higher speeds.

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Low-activity ClayHigh-activity ClaySalinityRheopecticThixotropicYield Strength
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Clays and Clay Minerals , Volume 60 , Issue 2 , April 2012 , pp. 108 - 120
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Copyright © Clay Minerals Society 2012

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