Efficiency of fly ash belite cement and zeolite matrices for immobilizing cesium

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 137, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1608-1617

  Goni S ^a   Guerrero, A ^a   Lorenzo, M P ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS DE LA CONSTRUCCIÓN EDUARDO TORROJA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD SAN PABLO CEU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cesium; Diffusion; Fly ash belite cement; Gismondine type Na P1 zeolite

Indexed keywords

FLY ASH BELITE CEMENT; GISMONDINE; INTRUSION POROSIMETRY;

ADSORPTION; CEMENTS; DIFFUSION; FLY ASH; LEACHING; POROSITY; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS; ZEOLITES;

CESIUM;

CEMENT; CESIUM; ZEOLITE;

ADSORPTION; CEMENTS; CESIUM; DIFFUSION; FLY ASH; LEACHING; POROSITY; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS; ZEOLITES;

CEMENT; CESIUM; FLY ASH; IMMOBILIZATION; ZEOLITE;

ARTICLE; COMBUSTION; EVALUATION; FLY ASH; LEACHING; POROSITY; SYNTHESIS;

CARBON; CESIUM; GLASS IONOMER CEMENTS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PARTICULATE MATTER; POROSITY; X-RAY DIFFRACTION; ZEOLITES;

EID: 33749150759     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2006.04.059     Document Type: Article

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