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Type: Wetting in a constant volume
Tags: hydraulic mechanical chemical
Methods: µCT
Description: The sample is placed into a cylindrical volume, where it is wetted axially from one end using water that has specific salts in it. Several X-ray tomographic images of the sample are taken during the wetting process. The gray-value profile in the wetting direction is recorded. The salty water is visible as increased gray level. The wetting process is first done wit NaCl + CaCl2 water solution until saturation is reached, and then continued with marker salt specified below.
Contact
Name: Jukka Kuva
Institute
Name: Geological Survey of Finland
Abbreviation: GTK
Website: www.gtk.fi
Article
Status: In preparation
Bentonite
Name: Wyoming sodium bentonite
Supplier: Posiva Oy
Mineralogical composition
Montmorillonite: $\pu{88.2 wt-\%}$
Quartz: $\pu{3.5 wt-\%}$
Plagioclase: $\pu{2.9 wt-\%}$
K-feldspar: $\pu{2.4 wt-\%}$
Pyrite: $\pu{0.8 wt-\%}$
Rutile: $\pu{0.5 wt-\%}$
Cation exchange capacity: $\pu{0.81 eq/kg}$
Grain density: $\pu{2780 kg/m^3}$
Saturating fluid
Name: Salt water
Composition
NaCl: $\pu{0.103 M}$
CaCl2: $\pu{0.027 M}$
Fluid
Name: Salt water
Composition
CsCl: $\pu{0.271 M}$
Initial conditions
Bentonite dry density: $\pu{1.864 g/cm^3}$
Geometry
Type: Cylinder
Diameter: $\pu{42 mm}$
Height: $\pu{20.69 mm}$
Boundaries
Top: stationary
Bottom: stationary
Lateral: stationary

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