N2-BET surface area measurements on crushed and intact minerals and rocks: A proposal for estimating sorption transfer factors

Nuclear Technology

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 250-253

  Bradbury, Michael H ^a,b,c   Baeyens, Bart ^a,d  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c Laboratory for Waste Management   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Crushed and intact minerals and rocks; Sorption; Surface area

Indexed keywords

CLAY MINERALS; CRUSHING; GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORIES; POROSITY; ROCKS; SORPTION; SURFACE MEASUREMENT;

RADIOACTIVE WASTE REPOSITORIES;

RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL;

EID: 0032071771     PISSN: 00295450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NT98-A2866     Document Type: Article

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