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Rock sealing with bentonite by means of electrophoresis: [Plombage De Roches A La Bentonite Au Moyen De l’Électrophorese]
Luleå University of Technology.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-6851-4839
1978 (English)In: Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment, ISSN 1435-9529, E-ISSN 1435-9537, Vol. 18, no 1, p. 187-190Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

For special purposes, such as the creation of a practically impervious zone of rock around holes for deposition of highly radioactive waste products, improved techniques for rock sealing are required.

Bentonite sealing by means of electrophoretic treatment was investigated in a pilot test using glass plates to simulate rock joints and a small scale experiment on a 1 m3 block of diorite was made as well. It was found that montmorillonite particles could be effectively transported from a bore hole with a dilute bentonite slurry out into joints extending from this hole. The transport of the negatively charged clay platelets was due to an electrical potential field produced by means of electrodes placed in the hole with the slurry (cathode) and in a circumferential row of bore holes (anodes).

The electrophoretic treatment largely reduced the permeability of the joints and turned out to be a more effective sealing technique than injection of the same bentonite slurry under pressure only.

Abstract [fr]

Des techniques perfectionnées de plombage de roche sont exigées pour des usages particuliers, comme la création de zones rocheuses pratiquement étanches pour le dépôt de déchets hautement radioactifs.

Le plombage à la bentonite par traitement électrophorétique a été étudié dans un essai pilote, utilisant des plaques de verre pour simuler des joints de roche et une expérience à petite échelle a également été faite sur un bloc de 1 m3 de diorite. Il fut constaté que les particules de montmorillonite peuvent être effectivement transportées d’un trou de mine contenant une boue de bentonite diluée, aux joints reliés à ce trou. Le transport des plaquettes d’argiles, de charge négative, est dû à un champ potentiel électrique produit à l’aide d’électrodes placées dans le trou rempli de boue (cathode) et dans une rangée circonférentielle de trous de mine (anodes).

Le traitement électrophorétique réduit largement la perméabilité des joints et s’est montré être une technique de plombage plus efficace que l’injection, sous haute pression seulement, de la même boue de bentonite.

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1978. Vol. 18, no 1, p. 187-190
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URN: urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-93880DOI: 10.1007/BF02635369Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-84892048411OAI: oai:DiVA.org:ltu-93880DiVA, id: diva2:1709239
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