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Changes on the Mineralogical and Physical Properties of FEBEX Bentonite Due to Its Contact With Hyperalkaline Pore Fluids in Infiltration Tests

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

A. M. Fernández ,
A. Melón ,
D.M. Sánchez ,
M.P. Galán ,
R. Morante ,
L. Gutiérez-Nebot ,
M.J. Turrero  and
A. Escribano
A. M. Fernández
Affiliation:
CIEMAT, Dpto. Medio Ambiente. Avda. Complutense 22, 28040 Madrid (Spain)
A. Melón
Affiliation:
CIEMAT, Dpto. Medio Ambiente. Avda. Complutense 22, 28040 Madrid (Spain)
D.M. Sánchez
Affiliation:
CIEMAT, Dpto. Medio Ambiente. Avda. Complutense 22, 28040 Madrid (Spain)
M.P. Galán
Affiliation:
CIEMAT, Dpto. Medio Ambiente. Avda. Complutense 22, 28040 Madrid (Spain)
R. Morante
Affiliation:
CIEMAT, Dpto. Medio Ambiente. Avda. Complutense 22, 28040 Madrid (Spain)
L. Gutiérez-Nebot
Affiliation:
CIEMAT, Dpto. Medio Ambiente. Avda. Complutense 22, 28040 Madrid (Spain)
M.J. Turrero
Affiliation:
CIEMAT, Dpto. Medio Ambiente. Avda. Complutense 22, 28040 Madrid (Spain)
A. Escribano
Affiliation:
CIEMAT, Dpto. Medio Ambiente. Avda. Complutense 22, 28040 Madrid (Spain)
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Abstract

Two infiltration tests with a synthetic hyperalkaline solution at pH 13.5 were performed. The aim was to analyse the interaction of concrete solutions with compacted smectitic bentonites. The experiment was performed inside an anoxic glove box at 30-35 °C with FEBEX bentonite compacted at a dry density of 1.65 g/cm3 and a water content of 13.4%. Outflowing water coming from the bentonite was collected over time. A total of three times the bentonite pore volume was recovered and twelve chemical analyses of the resulting pore water were obtained. The ionic strength of the pore waters decreases with time from 0.20 M to 0.03 M and the pH increases from 7.9 to 9.0. After a test period of 595 days, the cells were dismantled, and the study of the state and alteration of the bentonite was undertaken. A modification in the a sorbed cation population, an increase in the Na- and K-smectites type, and the presence of a tri-octahedral smectite (saponite) and zeolites (phillipsite and chabazite) were observed.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 1107: Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management XXXI , 2008 , 483
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2008

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