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Experimental Indications of Effects of Surface Deprotonation on Na-Bentonite Porewater Chemistry in a Geological Repository

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Bentonite-water interaction was studied using a simple equilibrium model based on experimental measurements in order to describe bentonite porewater chemistry. Direct pH measurements for highly compacted bentonite and batch-type bentonite-water interaction experiments were performed under anaerobic conditions. In the direct pH measurements, resin particles doped with a pH indicator were sandwiched between a pair of bentonite columns immersed in a test solution. The experimental results showed that the solution compositions in equilibrium with bentonite depended on the bentonite to liquid ratio (B/L) and the initial solution composition. An equilibrium model assuming only fast equilibration processes between the bentonite minerals and the solution could be used to calculate the trends of pH and other ion concentrations with B/L. This study indicates that the surface deprotonation of smectite is a very important factor influencing the porewater chemistry in highly compacted bentonite.

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    C. Oda, M. Shibata & M. Yui

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Oda, C., Shibata, M. & Yui, M. Experimental Indications of Effects of Surface Deprotonation on Na-Bentonite Porewater Chemistry in a Geological Repository. MRS Online Proceedings Library 663, 637 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1557/PROC-663-637

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