A new uranyl oxide hydrate sheet in vandendriesscheite: Implications for mineral paragenesis and the corrosion of spent nuclear fuel

American Mineralogist

Volumn 82, Issue 11-12, 1997, Pages 1176-1186

  Burns, Peter C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b 236 Hesburgh Center for International Studies   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; CORROSION; CRYSTALS; GEOMETRY; HYDRATES; HYDRATION; HYDROGEN BONDS; IONS; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; MINERALOGY; NUCLEAR FUELS; OXIDE MINERALS; URANIUM DIOXIDE;

CONTINUOUS SEQUENCES; DIRECT METHOD; FULL MATRIXES; GOODNESS OF FIT; HIGH MOBILITY; LEAST SQUARES TECHNIQUES; MINERAL PARAGENESIS; SPENT NUCLEAR FUELS;

LEAD OXIDE;

CORROSION; PARAGENESIS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE STORAGE; URANYL OXIDE HYDRATE; VANDENDRIESSCHEITE;

EID: 0031404604     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am-1997-11-1214     Document Type: Article

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