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Swelling Patterns and relevant Hydraulic Conductivities of Na-Bentonite under Various Acidic and Alkali conditions  

Chung, Doug-Young (Department of Bioenvironmental Chemistry, College of Agricultural and Life Science, Chungnam National University)
Yang, Jae E. (Division of Biological Environment, Kangwon National University)
Oh, Taek-G. (Department of Bioenvironmental Chemistry, College of Agricultural and Life Science, Chungnam National University)
Lee, Kyo-S. (Department of Bioenvironmental Chemistry, College of Agricultural and Life Science, Chungnam National University)
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Korean Journal of Soil Science and Fertilizer / v.40, no.1, 2007 , pp. 71-76 More about this Journal
Abstract
We investigated the effects of solution pH on swelling characteristics and relevant hydraulic conductivity of different particle sizes of Na-bentonite which have significantly high swelling capacity. The results showed that the time taken to reach the maximum swelling indexes for all pH levels ranged from 84 hours and 156 hours for pH 6.5 or above by NaOH and pH 3.5 by HCl, respectively. The maximum swelling index slightly increased with increasing particle size, while the maximum swelling indexes were less or approximately half of that of the indigenous Na-bentonite. The changes in swelling indexes before and after solution treatment were distinctive in acidic condition, especially in pH 3.5 by HCl while there were not much differences in alkali condition. For hydraulic conductivities of fully swelled Na-bentonite in a given solution pH, elution did not occur under pressure below 1 bar. But elution started as the pressure was raised to 1.5 bars or above after 500 seconds. The stabilized hydraulic conductivities observed from 1.5, 3.0, and 5.0 bars ranged from $7{\times}10^{-3}cm\;day^{-1}$ to $6{\times}10^{-3}cm\;day^{-1}$, indicating that the hydraulic conductivities were slightly higher in acidic condition than that of normal condition.
Keywords
Swelling; Hydraulic Conductivities; Na-Bentonite; Acid and Alkali;
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