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Effect of Dry Density on Activation Energy for Diffusion of Strontium in Compacted Sodium Montmorillonite

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 September 2012

Tamotsu Kozaki ,
Hiroki Sato ,
Atsushi Fujishima ,
Nobuhiko Saito ,
Seichi Sato  and
Hiroshi Ohashi
Tamotsu Kozaki
Affiliation:
Division of Quantum Energy Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060, Japan, kozaki@hune.hokudai.ac.jp
Hiroki Sato
Affiliation:
Division of Quantum Energy Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060, Japan, kozaki@hune.hokudai.ac.jp
Atsushi Fujishima
Affiliation:
Division of Quantum Energy Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060, Japan, kozaki@hune.hokudai.ac.jp
Nobuhiko Saito
Affiliation:
Division of Quantum Energy Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060, Japan, kozaki@hune.hokudai.ac.jp
Seichi Sato
Affiliation:
Division of Quantum Energy Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060, Japan, kozaki@hune.hokudai.ac.jp
Hiroshi Ohashi
Affiliation:
Division of Quantum Energy Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060, Japan, kozaki@hune.hokudai.ac.jp
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Abstract

For performance assessments of geological disposal of high-level radioactive waste, activation energies for the diffusion of strontium ions and the basal spacings of compacted sodium montmorillonite in the water-saturated state were determined.

Basal spacings determined by XRD indicated changes in the interlamellar space from a three-water layer hydrate state to a two-water layer hydrate state as the dry density of the montmorillonite increased from 1.0 to 1.8 Mg m-3. Activation energies from 17.3 to 30.8 kJ mol-1 for the apparent diffusion coefficients of strontium ions were obtained. The lower activation energies than for diffusion of strontium ions in free water were determined for montmorillonite specimens of lower dry density (1.2 Mg m-3 and below), while the higher activation energies were at higher dry densities (1.4 Mg m-3 and above).

These findings cannot be explained by changes in only the geometric parameters, which the pore water diffusion model is based upon. Possible explanations for the dry density dependence of the activation energy are the changes of the temperature dependence of the distribution coefficients and/or of the diffusion process with increasing dry density

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 465: Symposium II – Scienfific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management XX , 1996 , 893
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1997

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