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Swiss Journal of Geosciences

Table 1 Basic properties of HE-E buffer materials (Gaus et al. 2014)

From: In-situ experiments on bentonite-based buffer and sealing materials at the Mont Terri rock laboratory (Switzerland)

 

Bentonite blocks

Granular bentonite

Sand/bentonite

Water content (% by mass)

10.34

5.4

4.1

Bulk density (kg/m3), preceding laboratory measurement

1993

1595

1440

Dry density (kg/m3), preceding laboratory measurement

1806

1513

1383

Bulk density (kg/m3), samples prepared as during emplacement

 

1543

1500

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