Water films and scaling of soil characteristic curves at low water contents

M Tuller, D Or - Water resources research, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Individual contributions of capillarity and adsorptive surface forces to the matric potential are
seldom differentiated in determination of soil water characteristic (SWC) curves. Typically …

The pH optimum of soil exoenzymes adapt to long term changes in soil pH

J Puissant, B Jones, T Goodall, D Mang, A Blaud… - Soil Biology and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Soil exoenzymes released by microorganisms break down organic matter and are crucial in
regulating C, N and P cycling. Soil pH is known to influence enzyme activity, and is also a …

Water adsorption on clay minerals as a function of relative humidity: application of BET and Freundlich adsorption models

CD Hatch, JS Wiese, CC Crane, KJ Harris, HG Kloss… - Langmuir, 2012 - ACS Publications
Water adsorption on kaolinite, illite, and montmorillonite clays was studied as a function of
relative humidity (RH) at room temperature (298 K) using horizontal attenuated total …

Clay mineral–water interactions

CT Johnston - Developments in clay science, 2018 - Elsevier
The interaction of water with clay minerals is central to a wide range of disciplines that span
from fundamental particles used in materials science and engineering to applied aspects in …

Near-IR study of the impact of alkyl-ammonium and-phosphonium cations on the hydration of montmorillonite

M Slaný, L Jankovič, J Madejova - Journal of Molecular Structure, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Organo-montmorillonites (O-Mts) are attractive inorganic-organic hybrid materials
used in numerous industrial applications. In this work the adsorption of water onto …

Investigation of CO 2 reaction with copper oxide nanoparticles for room temperature gas sensing

NB Tanvir, O Yurchenko, C Wilbertz… - Journal of Materials …, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
The sensing of CO2 at room temperature enables the prospects towards low power and low
cost CO2 gas sensors and has a high demand in both industrial and domestic applications …

Long-term stability of bentonite. A literature review

H Laine, P Karttunen - 2010 - inis.iaea.org
The long-term thermodynamic stability of the bentonite buffer in the evolving chemical,
thermal and hydrological conditions at Olkiluoto has been evaluated by reviewing the …

Hydration sequence of swelling clays: Evolutions of specific surface area and hydration energy

F Salles, JM Douillard, R Denoyel, O Bildstein… - Journal of colloid and …, 2009 - Elsevier
In order to identify the key steps and the driving force for the hydration process of swelling
clays, the water adsorption isotherms and enthalpies were measured on monoionic …

Water vapour sorption on mudrocks

T Seemann, P Bertier, BM Krooss… - … Society, London, Special …, 2017 - lyellcollection.org
High-resolution water sorption isotherms were measured on 13 representative mudrock
samples in order to assess the mechanisms of water vapour sorption and their relationship …

A method for predicting swelling pressure of compacted bentonites

SS Agus, T Schanz - Acta Geotechnica, 2008 - Springer
An approach for predicting swelling pressure of bentonites based on thermodynamic
relationships between swelling pressure and suction is presented in this paper. The …