Experimental evaluation of thiamine as a new clay swelling inhibitor

Synthesis and Evaluation of Carboxymethyl Glucoside as Montmorillonite Swelling Inhibitor

Methylglucoside (MEG) has been used in the water-based mud with fine montmorillonite (MMT) swelling inhibition, but it still has such shortages as large concentration and low thermostability. In this work, carboxymethyl glucoside (CMG) was synthesized with glucose and sodium chloroacetate and used as swelling inhibitor. The inhibition of CMG against clay swelling was investigated by MMT linear ...

the effectiveness of strategy-based instruction in teaching english as a second or foreign language: a meta-analysis of experimental studies

a large number of single research studies on the effects of strategy-based instruction (sbi) in teaching english as a foreign or second language has been conducted so far. however, the lack of a comprehensive meta-analysis targeting the effectiveness of english language sbi is observed. moreover, the findings of experimental studies regarding the context of the english language, proficiency lev...

The Swelling Behavior of Clay - Sulfate Rocks

Clay-sulfate rocks are often encountered in engineering projects such as underground construction and waste repositories. The unique combination of clay swelling and chemical transformation of anhydrite into gypsum results in a swelling behavior that cannot be explained using conventional rock mechanics. The goals of this study are: 1) to investigate the strength characteristics of reconstitute...

The Rheology of Swelling Clay Dispersions

Nearly all muds, in drilling applications, contain smectite clay minerals, such as montmorillonite or hectorite, which have the remarkable property of swelling in the presence of water. Such systems are known to exhibit long-term gelation and thixotropic behavior, of great importance in applications, depending on clay volume fraction, particle properties (origin of the clay, surface charge, etc...

A molecular mechanism of hysteresis in clay swelling.