Thorium reactions in borosilicate-glass/water systems

Radiochimica Acta

Volumn 93, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 443-455

  Rai, Dhanpat ^a   Yui, Mikazu ^b   Hess, Nancy J ^a   Felmy, Andrew R ^a   Moore, Dean A ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Borosilicate glass dissolution; Carbonato complexes of thorium; Solubility; Thermodynamics; Thorium oxide; Thorium silicate

Indexed keywords

EID: 23844541306     PISSN: 00338230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1524/ract.2005.93.8.443     Document Type: Article

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