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Water transport pathway in clay interlayer upon dehydration [Slides]

Ho, Tuan A.; Jove Colon, Carlos F.; Coker, Eric N.

Smectite (e.g., Montmorillonite): phyllosilicate minerals found in bentonites. Bentonites have been considered as key backfill barrier materials in deep geological nuclear waste repository concepts. Swelling/shrinking of montmorillonite (MMT) occurs with increasing/decreasing relative humidity. Microscopically, how does the hydration/dehydration process occur?