Aqueous alteration of nearly pure Nd-doped zirconolite (Ca 0.8Nd0.2ZrTi1.8Al0.2O7), a passivating layer control

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 899-906

  Leturcq, G ^a   McGlinn, P J ^b   Barbe, C ^b   Blackford, M G ^b   Finnie, K S ^b  

^a CEA/DTCD/SECM   (France)

^b AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CALCINATION; DISSOLUTION; DOPING (ADDITIVES); DURABILITY; HYDROLYSIS; NEODYMIUM; PH EFFECTS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SINTERING; THERMODYNAMICS;

NEODYNIUM DOPED ZIRCONOLITE; NITRATE SOLUTIONS; STEADY STATE CONDITIONS; THERMODYNAMIC EQUILIBRIUM;

ZIRCONIUM ALLOYS;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; NEODYMIUM; ZIRCONOLITE;

EID: 16844371933     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2004.10.006     Document Type: Article

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