A study on the effect of salts on the swelling hydraulic and consolidation behaviour of bentonites

Abstract

Due to rapid urbanization and industrialization the geoenvironment and groundwater reserves in most parts of the world are getting damaged due to the harmful effect of pollutants disposed off into the geoenvironment Due to its high swelling capacity contaminant adsorption capacity and low hydraulic conductivity bentonite is primarily used as a liner material in waste containment This work was carried out to study the effect of inorganic salts and heavy metals present in leachates on the beh