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Analytical Electron Microscopystudy of Colloids from Nuclear Waste Glass Reaction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 1992

E.C. Buck
Affiliation:
Chemical Technology Division, Argonne National Laboratory, 11-60439
J.K. Bates
Affiliation:
Chemical Technology Division, Argonne National Laboratory, 11-60439
J.C. Cunnane
Affiliation:
Chemical Technology Division, Argonne National Laboratory, 11-60439
W.L. Ebert
Affiliation:
Chemical Technology Division, Argonne National Laboratory, 11-60439
X. Feng
Affiliation:
Chemical Technology Division, Argonne National Laboratory, 11-60439
D.J. Wronkiewicz
Affiliation:
Chemical Technology Division, Argonne National Laboratory, 11-60439
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Abstract

An Analytical Electron Microscopy study of colloidal particles formed during reaction of waste glass has been performed. The effect of waste glass test parameters on colloid formation is examined. Characterization of phases present in the leachate of these tests has shown that layers spalled from the glass and precipitated phases are both sources of colloids in the leachate. Elements, such as uranium, have been found to concentrate within colloidal particles in the leachate.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1993

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