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Temperature and Moisture Distributions in a Clay Buffer Material Due to Thermal Gradients

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 1992

A.M.O. Mohamed ,
R.N. Yong  and
B. Kjartanson
A.M.O. Mohamed
Affiliation:
Geotechnical Research Centre, McGill University, 817, Sherbrooke St. West, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3A 2K6
R.N. Yong
Affiliation:
Geotechnical Research Centre, McGill University, 817, Sherbrooke St. West, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3A 2K6
B. Kjartanson
Affiliation:
AECL Research, Whiteshell Laboratories, Pinawa, Manitoba, Canada, ROE 1L0
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Abstract

Several series of one-dimensional tests were used to investigate the nature of transient heat and moisture movements in a clay buffer under different imposed temperature gradients. The measured temperature and moisture profiles were used to calculate the diffusion parameters governing heat and moisture movement in the buffer material. The diffusion parameters are shown to depend on the moisture content, temperature and moisture equilibrium time.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 294: Symposium V – Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management XVI , 1992 , 417
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1993

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