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Modelling of the Near-Field Chemical Environment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2011

Ingmar Grenthe*
Affiliation:
Grenthe Department of Inorganic Chemistry, The Royal Institute of Technology, S-100 44 Stockholm 70, Sweden
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Abstract

A review of chemical phenomena of importance for the conceptual near-field modelling of nuclear waste repositories is given. The emphasis is on thermodynamic modelling and the coupling of chemical processes mediated through ground water.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1988

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