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A Thermodynamic Analysis on the Effect of Salinity on Interlayer Space of Na-Montmorillonite

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 February 2017

Haruo SATO
Haruo SATO*
Affiliation:
Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University, 3−1−1, Tsushima-naka, Kita-ku, Okayama-shi, Okayama 700-8530, Japan
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*(Email: ph3c5tsu@okayama-u.ac.jp)
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Abstract

Bentonite is used as one of the materials for engineered barrier systems in a radioactive waste repository. Since the major clay mineral constituent of bentonite is montmorillonite, its physico-chemical properties are important. Basal spacing of water-saturated Na-montmorillonite is reported to decrease with increasing Na-montmorillonite density. This paper presents a thermodynamic model to calculate change in the interlayer space of Na-montmorillonite based on the relative partial molar Gibbs free energy (dG) of interlayer water as contacted with a solution of an arbitrary salinity (NaCl concentration). Directly change in montmorillonite density (ρdm) against salinity was calculated by the thermodynamic model. The dG of interlayer water as contacted with a solution of an arbitrary salinity can be calculated by dG = dGH2O+ dGS (dGH2O: relative partial molar Gibbs free energy of interlayer water, dGS: that of water in a solution of an arbitrary salinity). The author previously reported an empirical correlation of dGH2O vs. water content for Na-montmorillonite. The dependence of ρdm on salinity was calculated by replacing dGH2O in the empirical correlation with dG. ρdm increased with salinity. Concretely, initially the ρdm-values of 0.5 and 1.0 Mg/m3 increased to 1.05 and 1.16 Mg/m3 under 0.5 m-NaCl, respectively. Interlayer space vs. salinity was estimated based on the measured results of basal spacing vs. ρdm by XRD and the average density of montmorillonite vs. salinity calculated by this model.

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layeredenvironmentwaste management
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MRS Advances , Volume 1 , Issue 61: Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management XXXIX , 2016 , pp. 4027 - 4033
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2017 

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