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Effect of dry density and pH on the diffusion behavior of lanthanum in compacted Chinese GMZ bentonite

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Diffusion experiments in compacted GaoMiaoZi (GMZ) bentonite were performed with La(III) using the in-diffusion method, and the effects of dry density and pH were emphasized. The apparent diffusion coefficient (D a) was obtained at the end of the experiment. D a decreases with increasing dry density of 1.3–1.7 Mg m−3 as well as slightly decreases as pH increases from 3.6 to 8.9. The D a range is (2–16) × 10−12 m2 s−1 under the experimental conditions. The distribution coefficients (K d) for La(III) in compacted GMZ bentonite are much smaller than those on powdered bentonite obtained from batch experiments.

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The authors are grateful to the National Natural Science Foundation of China (41422207, 41272287 & 41527801), China Atomic Energy Authority ([2011]1051), Scientific Research Fund of Hunan Provincial Education Department (15A009), Opening Fund of Hunan Key Laboratory of Geomechanics and Engineering Safety (13KZ|KZ070030103) and Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities.

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    Yonggui Chen, Lingyan Jia, Lihui Niu & Weimin Ye

  2. School of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Changsha University of Science and Technology, Changsha, 410114, People’s Republic of China

    Yonggui Chen

  3. Hunan Key Laboratory of Geomechanics and Engineering Safety, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan, 411105, People’s Republic of China

    Yonggui Chen & Bin Chen

  4. Laboratore Navier/CERMES, Ecole des Ponts-ParisTech, 77455, Marne-La-Vallée, France

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Chen, Y., Jia, L., Niu, L. et al. Effect of dry density and pH on the diffusion behavior of lanthanum in compacted Chinese GMZ bentonite. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 310, 1303–1310 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-016-4972-5

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