Aluminoborosilicate waste glass dissolution under alkaline conditions at 40°C: Implications for a chemical affinity-based rate equation

Environmental Chemistry

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 73-85

  Pierce, E M ^a   Richards, E L ^a   Davis, A M ^a   Reed, L R ^a   Rodriguez, E A ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Boron coordination; Forward rate; Free energy of hydration; Low activity waste glass; Transition State Theory

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE ENVIRONMENT; BORON; CHALCEDONY; DISSOLUTION; EQUILIBRIUM; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GLASS; HYDRATION; REACTION RATE; SOLUTION; WASTE;

PASSIFLORA;

EID: 39749177903     PISSN: 14482517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/EN07058     Document Type: Article

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