Deliquescence behavior of multicomponent salts: Effects on the drip shield and waste package chemical environmental of the proposed nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada

Materials Research Society Symposium - Proceedings

Volumn 713, Issue , 2002, Pages 37-44

  Pabalan, Roberto T ^a   Yang, Lietai ^a   Browning, Lauren ^a  

^a Center for Nuclear Waste Regulatory Analyses   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORROSION; EVAPORATION; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; RADIOACTIVE WASTE STORAGE; SALTS; THERMODYNAMICS;

CHLORIDE ENHANCED CORROSION; DELIQUESCENCE; DRIP SHIELD; MULTICOMPONENT SALTS; WASTE PACKAGE CHEMICAL ENVIRONMENT;

GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORIES;

EID: 0036381342     PISSN: 02729172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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