Mineralogical stability of phyllosilicates in hyperalkaline fluids: Influence of layer nature, octahedral occupation and presence of tetrahedral Al

American Mineralogist

Volumn 94, Issue 8-9, 2009, Pages 1187-1197

  Becerro, Ana I ^a   Mantovani, Marco ^a   Escudero, Alberto ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIA DE MATERIALES DE SEVILLA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITÄT BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alkaline fluid; Clay minerals; MAS NMR; Nuclear waste repositories; Stability

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLAY MINERALS; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORIES; HYDRATED LIME; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE; SILICATES; SILICON; SODIUM HYDROXIDE;

CEMENT DEGRADATIONS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; COMPLETE DISSOLUTION; HYDROTHERMAL REACTION; MAS NMR; MAS-NMR SPECTROSCOPY; MINERALOGICAL CHANGES; NUCLEAR WASTE REPOSITORIES;

ALUMINUM;

ALUMINUM; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLAY MINERAL; CRYSTALLIZATION; MINERALOGY; PHYLLOSILICATE; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; REPOSITORY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 76649095997     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2009.3164     Document Type: Article

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