Dissimilar behavior of technetium and rhenium in borosilicate waste glass as determined by X-ray absorption spectroscopy

Chemistry of Materials

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 559-566

  Lukens, Wayne W ^a   McKeown, David A ^b   Buechele, Andrew C ^b   Muller, Isabelle S ^b   Shun, David K ^a   Pegg, Ian L ^b  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLASS MELT; NUCLEAR WASTE GLASS; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; X-RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; BOROSILICATE GLASS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; REDOX REACTIONS; RHENIUM; TECHNETIUM; VAPORIZATION;

FISSION PRODUCTS;

EID: 33847206479     PISSN: 08974756     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/cm0622001     Document Type: Article

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