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We examine the problem of diffusion in a porous medium using a homogenization analysis (HA). Diffusion problems have important applications in environmental geosciences. We clarify the mechanism of diffusion, convective transport and adsorption in porous media at both the microscale and macroscale levels. Attention is particularly focused on diffusion processes in bentonite, which is an engineered geological barrier to be used to buffer the transport of radionuclides from deep geologic repositories.
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Ichikawa, Y., Selvadurai, A.P.S. (2012). Homogenization Analysis of Diffusion in Porous Media. In: Transport Phenomena in Porous Media. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-25333-1_9
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