Effect of iron and carbonation on the diffusion of iodine and rhenium in waste encasement concrete and soil fill material under hydraulically unsaturated conditions

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2256-2271

  Wellman, Dawn M ^a   Parker, Kent E ^a   Powers, Laura ^b   Whyatt, Greg A ^a   Clayton, Libby N ^c   Mattigod, Shas V ^a   Wood, Marcus I ^d  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b WISS JANNEY ELSTNER ASSOCIATES INC   (United States)

^c BP AMERICA INC   (United States)

^d Fluor Hanford   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATION; CELLS; CEMENTS; DIFFUSION; IODINE; IRON; MOISTURE; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; MONOLITHIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT; RADIOISOTOPES; RHENIUM; SEDIMENTATION; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SOILS; SORPTION;

ACCURATE PREDICTION; CARBONATED CONCRETES; CELL TESTING; CONTAMINANT MIGRATION; DIFFUSING SPECIES; DIFFUSION EXPERIMENTS; DIFFUSIVITY; ELSEVIER (CO); FILL MATERIALS; HALF CELLS; LONG-TERM PERFORMANCE; MOISTURE CONTENT (MC); ORDER-OF MAGNITUDES; ORDERS-OF-MAGNITUDE; PRECIPITATION (METALLOGRAPHY); UNSATURATED CONDITIONS;

CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION;

CARBONATE; CONCRETE; DIFFUSIVITY; FILL; IODINE; IRON; MOISTURE CONTENT; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RHENIUM;

EID: 48149102132     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2008.04.002     Document Type: Article

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