Natural and Engineered Clay Barriers

Carl I Steefel editor Ian C Bourg editor Christophe Tournassat editor Faïza Bergaya editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Elsevier Health Sciences

Published:15th May '15

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Provides the basis to clay and non-clay scientists for the identification of recent breakthroughs and the remaining challenges in the field of clay barriers

Clays are used as barriers for the isolation of landfills and contaminated sites. They are envisioned as long-term storage media for hazardous materials and radioactive wastes, and as seals in the case of geological CO2 sequestration or energy storage. Clay properties greatly influence the integrity, efficiency, and safety of these applications. Natural and Engineered Clay Barriers provides a clear view of the fundamental properties of clay materials and how these properties affect their engineering applications. This volume focuses on how the mass transfer properties (hydraulic permeability, gas fluxes, molecular diffusion, semi-permeable membrane properties), geochemical reactivity (adsorption, dissolution) and mechanical properties of clay barriers at the macroscale are influenced by phenomena that occur at clay mineral - water interfaces.

ISBN: 9780081000274

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 790g

446 pages