Experimental Investigation on Drying and Wetting of GMZ Bentonite Using X-Ray Tomography and Volumetric Digital Image Correlation Technique

Table 1

Characteristics of the GMZ bentonite (Liu et al., 2001).

Properties	Value
Contents of montmorillonite (%)	75.4
Contents of quartz (%)	11.7
Contents of feldspar (%)	4.3
Contents of cristobalite (%)	7.3
Specific gravity	2.66
Liquid limit (%)	276
Plastic limit (%)	37
Specific surface area (m^2/g)	597