Effects of ethylene glycol saturation protocols on XRD patterns: a critical review and discussion

R Mosser-Ruck, K Devineau, D Charpentier… - Clays and Clay …, 2005 - Springer
Study of the transformation of smectite to illite, chlorite or vermiculite via interstratified clay
minerals needs precise qualitative and quantitative determinations of the different layers in …

Characterization of hyperalkaline fluids produced by low‐temperature serpentinization of mantle peridotites in the Oman and Ligurian ophiolites

V Chavagnac, C Monnin, G Ceuleneer… - Geochemistry …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
A regional survey of alkaline springs in Oman and Ligurian ophiolites shows that the
alkaline water compositions significantly vary from one ophiolite to the other and within the …

The effect of iron on montmorillonite stability.(II) Experimental investigation

J Wilson, G Cressey, B Cressey, J Cuadros… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2006 - Elsevier
Several designs proposed for high-level nuclear waste (HLW) repositories include steel
waste canisters surrounded by montmorillonite clay. This work investigates montmorillonite …

Mineralogical assemblages forming at hyperalkaline warm springs hosted on ultramafic rocks: a case study of Oman and Ligurian ophiolites

V Chavagnac, G Ceuleneer, C Monnin… - Geochemistry …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
We report on the mineralogical assemblages found in the hyperalkaline springs hosted on
Liguria and Oman ophiolites based on exhaustive X‐ray diffraction and scanning electron …

[HTML][HTML] Geochemical interactions at the steel-bentonite interface caused by a hydrothermal gradient

C Mota-Heredia, J Cuevas, AI Ruiz, A Ortega… - Applied Clay …, 2023 - Elsevier
Bentonites are used in deep geological disposal facilities as an engineered barrier to isolate
high level radioactive waste, contained in metallic canisters. The present study, performed at …

Metal corrosion and argillite transformation at the water-saturated, high-temperature iron–clay interface: A microscopic-scale study

ML Schlegel, C Bataillon, K Benhamida, C Blanc… - Applied …, 2008 - Elsevier
In this study, microscopic and spectroscopic techniques (scanning electron microscopy
coupled with energy-dispersive X-ray analysis, Raman microspectroscopy, micro X-ray …

Effects of temperature, pH, and iron/clay and liquid/clay ratios on experimental conversion of dioctahedral smectite to berthierine, chlorite, vermiculite, or saponite

R Mosser-Ruck, M Cathelineau… - Clays and Clay …, 2010 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
In deep geological repositories for high-level nuclear wastes, interactions between steel
canisters and clay-rich materials may lead to mineralogical transformations with a loss of the …

Synthesis and characterization of acid-activated Serbian smectite clays obtained by statistically designed experiments

T Novaković, L Rožić, S Petrović, A Rosić - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2008 - Elsevier
Statistically designed experiments were done to study the recovery of Mg content from
natural smectite clays from Serbia by hydrochloric acid leaching. The effects of relevant …

Thermodynamic properties of illite, smectite and beidellite by calorimetric methods: Enthalpies of formation, heat capacities, entropies and Gibbs free energies of …

H Gailhanou, P Blanc, J Rogez, G Mikaelian… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2012 - Elsevier
The thermodynamic properties of three aluminous 2: 1 clay minerals were acquired at 1.013
bars and at temperatures between 5 and 500K using various calorimetric methods …

Expedition 349 summary

CF Li, J Lin, DK Kulhanek, T Williams, R Bao, A Briais… - 2015 - boris.unibe.ch
C.-F. Li, J. Lin, DK Kulhanek, T. Williams, R. Bao, A. Briais, EA Brown, Y. Chen, PD Clift, FS
Colwell, KA Dadd, W.-W. Ding, I. Hernández-Almeida, X.-L. Huang, S. Hyun, T. Jiang, AAP …