The use of a soaking procedure combined with the sintering process to reach a high cerium content in a cerium-bearing Y-britholite

Progress in Nuclear Energy

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 351-364

  Kamel, N ^a   Ait Amar H ^b   Zahri, A ^a  

^a CENTRE DE RECHERCHE NUCLÉAIRE D ALGER   (Algeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY HOUARI BOUMEDIENE   (Algeria)

Author keywords

EDX; Leaching; Sintering; Soaking; XRD; Y britholite

Indexed keywords

CALCINATION; DIFFUSION; DURABILITY; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; LEACHATE TREATMENT; SINTERING; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

CHEMICAL DURABILITY; INCORPORATION RATE; MILLED REAGENTS; SOAKING;

CERIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 34248639334     PISSN: 01491970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnucene.2007.03.002     Document Type: Article

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