Yokoyama, Shingo; Shimbashi, Misato; Minato, Daisuke; Watanabe, Yasutaka; Jenni, Andreas; Mäder, Urs (2021). Alteration of Bentonite Reacted with Cementitious Materials for 5 and 10 Years in the Mont Terri Rock Laboratory (CI Experiment). Minerals, 11(3), p. 251. MDPI 10.3390/min11030251
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The cement–clay interaction (CI) experiment was carried out at the Mont Terri rock laboratory to complement the current knowledge on the influence that cementitious materials have on Opalinus Clay (OPA) and bentonite (MX). Drill cores including the interface of OPA, concrete (LAC = low-alkali binder, and OPC = ordinary Portland cement), and MX, which interacted for 4.9 and 10 years, were successfully retrieved after drilling, and detailed analyses were performed to evaluate potential mineralogical changes. The saturated compacted bentonites in core samples were divided into ten slices, profiling bentonite in the direction towards the interface, to evaluate the extent and spatial variation of the mineralogical alteration of bentonite. Regarding the mineral compositions of bentonite, cristobalite was dissolved within a range of 10 mm from the interface in both LAC-MX and OPC-MX, while calcite precipitated near the interface for OPC-MX. In LAC-MX and OPC-MX, secondary products containing Mg (e.g., M-S-H) also precipitated within 20 mm of the interface. These alterations of bentonite developed during the first 4.9 years, with very limited progress observed for the subsequent 5 years. Detectable changes in the mineralogical nature of montmorillonite (i.e., the formation of illite or beidellite, increase in layer charge) did not occur during the 10 years of interaction.
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Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
08 Faculty of Science > Institute of Geological Sciences 08 Faculty of Science > Institute of Geological Sciences > Rock-Water Interaction 08 Faculty of Science > Institute of Geological Sciences > Applied Rock-Water-Interaction |
UniBE Contributor: |
Jenni, Andreas, Mäder, Urs |
Subjects: |
500 Science > 550 Earth sciences & geology |
ISSN: |
2075-163X |
Publisher: |
MDPI |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Andreas Jenni |
Date Deposited: |
01 Mar 2021 15:16 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 15:48 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.3390/min11030251 |
Uncontrolled Keywords: |
cement–clay interaction bentonite cementitious materials alteration alkaline conditions |
BORIS DOI: |
10.48350/152761 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/152761 |
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