Protective effect of the alteration gel: A key mechanism in the long-term behavior of nuclear waste glass

Materials Research Society Symposium - Proceedings

Volumn 663, Issue , 2001, Pages 207-215

  Gin, Stephane ^a  

^a CEA Marcoule   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; DIFFUSION; DISSOLUTION; GELS; LEACHING; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; REACTION KINETICS; WATER;

NUCLEAR GLASS;

GLASS;

EID: 0035783187     PISSN: 02729172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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