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Effects of Relative Surface Area and Leachant Composition on the 137Cs Leach Rate from Cement Waste Forms

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 1992

Aleksandar D. Peric
Affiliation:
Institute of Nuclear Sciences “Vinca”, Belgrade, Yugoslavia
Ilija B. Plecas
Affiliation:
Institute of Nuclear Sciences “Vinca”, Belgrade, Yugoslavia
Snezana D. Glodic
Affiliation:
Institute of Nuclear Sciences “Vinca”, Belgrade, Yugoslavia
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Abstract

Cement matrices, doped with 137Cs, were investigated to establish their physicochemical properties, mainly 137Cs leach-rate. Experiments were carried out in leachant media with different degrees of aggressiveness on the cement matrix, e.g., distilled water, Na2SO4 and NaCl solutions. A series of six cement samples, which were orthocylindrically-shaped, were treated in each of three leachant media. For each sample, the surface area exposed to leaching relative to the total surface area was increased from 1:6 to 6:6, at increments of 1/6 of the total surface area. Expected higher 137Cs leach-rates of the samples immersed in the more aggressive environment show very specific behavior and functional relations with respect to the exposed surface area. Radionuclide leach-rate coefficients did not exhibit linear behavior. Instead, leach-rate values were best fit by exponential equations to describe cement matrix behavior in the leachants. Different empirical equations were established to describe 137Cs leach-rates in the various leachants as a function of the relative surface area of the cement matrix exposed to the leachant.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1993

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