Effect of Crystallochemistry of Starting Materials on the Rate of Smectite to Illite Reaction

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EFFECT OF CRYSTALLOCHEMISTRY OF STARTING MATERIALS ON THE RATE OF SMECTITE TO ILLITE REACTION Tsutomu. Sato, Takashi. Murakami , Hiroshi. Isobe and Toshihiko. Ohnuki Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute, Tokai, Ibaraki 319-11, Japan Ehime University, Matsuyama, Ehime 790, Japan

ABSTRACT A series of hydrothermal experiments was performed to determine the effect of layer charge of starting materials on the smectite to illite reaction rate that might be applied to nuclear-waste repository design. The experiments were conducted on K-saturated