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SON68 Glass Dissolution Kinetics at High Reaction Progress: Experimental Evidence of the Residual Rate

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 February 2011

S. Gin  and
P. Frugier
S. Gin
Affiliation:
Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique – CEA Valrhô DIEC/SESC, BP 17171, 30207 Bagnols-sur-Cèze Cedex, France
P. Frugier
Affiliation:
Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique – CEA Valrhô DIEC/SESC, BP 17171, 30207 Bagnols-sur-Cèze Cedex, France
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Abstract

SON68 borosilicate glass dissolution involves several parallel mechanisms: interdiffusion, hydrolysis of the silicate network, recondensation of dissolved species leading to the formation of an amorphous gel layer and precipitation of secondary crystalline phases. In a highly confined medium corresponding to geological disposal conditions, the gel formed during SON68 glass alteration quickly becomes protective and the hydrolysis rate drops by about 4 orders of magnitude compared with the initial dissolution rate. This study focuses on the state of reaction progress corresponding to apparent saturation of the solution. At 90°C in static mode, new experimental data show that the decreasing rate due to the protective gel formation is followed by a quasi-constant residual rate. Several hypotheses are discussed. We first demonstrate that silica dissociation related to a slowly rising pH is not a valid explanation. This hypothesis proposed 15 years ago was consistent with a rate controlled by affinity (equilibrium between the glass and solution). The hypothetical precipitation of secondary crystalline phases that consume elements from the protective gel layer is then considered in the light of data obtained with a simplified 8-oxide glass, but this mechanism is not sufficient to account for residual rate of the SON68 glass. Other hypotheses based on the gel evolution (dissolution, evolution of the porous texture) are also proposed. The proposed mechanisms imply the persistence of a protective gel with a constant thickness. Finally, this paper shows that the residual rate could be a decisive phenomenon affecting the long term behavior of glass in disposal conditions.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 757: Symposium II – Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management XXVI , 2002 , II5.9
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2003

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