Clay mineral-water interactions are ubiquitous, and crucial to a variety of natural processes
including all aspects of geology, sedimentology, edaphology, geomorphology, seismology …

Focusing on layered compounds at the core of materials intercalation chemistry, this
reference comprehensively explores clays and other classes of materials exhibiting the …

The diffusion coefficients (D) of water and solutes in nanoporous Na-smectite clay barriers
have been widely studied because of their importance in high-level radioactive waste …

Coupled thermal, hydraulic, mechanical, and chemical (THMC) processes, such as
desiccation-driven cracking or chemically driven fluid flow, significantly impact the …

Bentonite, a fine-grained geologic material rich in smectite clay, is considered for use in the
isolation of high-level radioactive waste (HLRW) because of its low hydraulic permeability …

In this paper, we address the manner in which the continuum-scale diffusive properties of
smectite-rich porous media arise from their molecular-and pore-scale features. Our starting …

Compacted Na-bentonite clay barriers, widely used in the isolation of solid-waste landfills
and other contaminated sites, have been proposed for a similar use in the disposal of high …

To quantify the effects of temperature on the diffusivity of deuterated water (HDO) in
compacted sodium bentonite, through-diffusion experiments were conducted at elevated …

NMR measurements on core samples saturated with brine returns valuable information on
the porous structure of the rock core. Monitoring a single fluid component in a relaxation …

The behavior of the confined pore water in three compacted clays, which are saturated with
different fluids at temperature ranging from 22 to 75° C, is investigated via the NMR …