Calcium bentonite vs sodium bentonite : The potential of calcium bentonite for soil foundation

• Main Authors: Muhammad, Nurmunira, Siddiqua, Sumi
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English; English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 2021
• Subjects: T Technology (General); TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
• Online Access: http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/35590/1/Calcium%20bentonite%20vs%20sodium%20bentonite_The%20potential%20of%20calcium%20bentonite%20for%20soil%20foundation.pdf; http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/35590/2/Calcium%20bentonite%20vs%20sodium%20bentonite_The%20potential%20of%20calcium%20bentonite%20for%20soil%20foundation_Abs.pdf; http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/35590/; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2021.02.386

Bentonite is a favourable candidate as a sealing material in the deep geological repository to safe storage of highly radioactive nuclear waste in several countries. The high swelling characteristic made bentonite famously type of clay that extracted from smectite group with the main mineral is mont...