Tc and Re behavior in borosilicate waste glass vapor hydration tests

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 431-436

  Mckeown, David A ^a   Buechele, Andrew C ^a   Lukens, Wayne W ^b   Shuh, David K ^b   Pegg, Ian L ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOROSILICATE WASTE GLASS; VAPOR HYDRATION TEST (VHT);

BOROSILICATE GLASS; GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORIES; HYDRATION; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; RHENIUM; TECHNETIUM;

RADIOACTIVE WASTES;

BORON DERIVATIVE; BOROSILICATE; GLASS; RHENIUM; RHENIUM COMPLEX; SILICATE; STAINLESS STEEL; TECHNETIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BOROSILICATE GLASS; GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORIES; HYDRATION; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RHENIUM; TECHNETIUM;

GLASS; HYDRATION; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RHENIUM; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STABILIZATION; STORAGE VESSEL; TECHNETIUM; VITRIFICATION; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

ABSORPTION SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; HYDRATION; NUCLEAR WASTE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; THERMAL ANALYSIS; VAPOR HYDRATION TEST;

GLASS; HEAT; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RHENIUM; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TECHNETIUM;

EID: 33846256188     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es061306u     Document Type: Article

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