I-Bentonite inhlabathi yamaminerali yemvelo, ingxenye eyinhloko okuyi-montmorillonite-based clay minerals.Kungumlotha wentaba-mlilo okhiqizwa ukuqhuma kwentaba-mlilo, futhi ama-bentonite deposits akhiwa ngemva kokushisa, ingcindezi kanye nesikhathi se-metamorphic.Izinhlobo ze-bentonite zihlukaniswa ngokuyinhloko zibe i-bentonite esekelwe ku-sodium kanye ne-calcium-based bentonite.Phakathi kwazo, i-bentonite esekelwe kwi-sodium ephezulu inezici ezintathu: ukuvuvukala okuphezulu, ukuvuthwa kwamanzi aphansi kanye nomsebenzi wokuziphilisa, ngakho-ke isetshenziswa kabanzi emikhakheni ehlukahlukene ephikisana ne-seepage.
Ubumba lwe-bentonite olungangeni manzi futhi olungangeni manzi lufaneleka ekuvimbeleni ukuchithwa kwe-landfill, ukuvimbela amanzi e-riverside dike, i-pool laying water barrier, ukuvimbela ubunjiniyela besiteshi sesitimela ukuvimbela amanzi kanye nesisekelo sokuvimbela amanzi nokungena kwamanzi kwezakhiwo ezihlukahlukene.
Ukusebenza komkhiqizo:
(1) Ukwandiswa okuphezulu: i-bentonite ikhula okungenani izikhathi ezingu-12 ngemva kokuxhumana namanzi, ifinyelela izikhathi ezingu-25 ze-ASTM D5890.
(2) Ukungeneka kwamanzi aphansi: Ukungeneka kwamanzi kungu-5 X 10-9cm/sec kuphela, okuhlangabezana nezinga le-ASTM D 5887.
(3) Umsebenzi wokuziphilisa: i-bentonite izoba ijeli lapho ivezwe emanzini, futhi ingagcwalisa imifantu nezikhala.Indlela yokugqagqana iwukugqagqana okuqondile ngakho-ke imelana nezindawo zokuhlala ezingalingani.Inokusebenza kwezindleko eziphakeme futhi ingasetshenziswa kabanzi kumaphrojekthi ahlukahlukene angangeni manzi kanye ne-anti-seepage.
I-bentonite ekhethekile engangeni manzi, engangeneki ekhiqizwa yi-Hebei Yiheng Technology Co., Ltd. isebenzisa ngokuqinile izinga likazwelonke le-People's Republic of China GB/T 20973--2007 futhi iyakhiqiza.