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Effect of Compaction on the Pore Fluid Chemistry of Montmorillonite

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 2024

Michael S. Rosenbaum*
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, Imperial College, London SW7 2BP, U.K.

Abstract

An apparatus for consolidating fine grained materials under controlled conditions of total stress, pore fluid pressure and temperature is described and the variation in chemistry of pore fluid expelled during compaction from a montmorillonitic material at 40°C is reported. The decrease in concentration of dissolved salts in the pore fluid is related exponentially to the effective axial pressure.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © 1976 The Clay Minerals Society

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