Kinetics of pyrite to pyrrhotite reduction by hydrogen in calcite buffered solutions between 90 and 180°C: Implications for nuclear waste disposal

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 74, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2894-2914

  Truche, Laurent ^a,b   Berger, Gilles ^c   Destrigneville, Christine ^b   Guillaume, Damien ^b   Giffaut, Eric ^a  

^a ANDRA   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; BUFFERING; CALCITE; COUPLING; DISSOLUTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HYDROGEN; MICROSTRUCTURE; NUCLEATION; P-T CONDITIONS; PH; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); PYRITE; PYRRHOTITE; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; REACTION KINETICS; REACTION RATE; REDOX CONDITIONS; REDUCTION; WASTE DISPOSAL;

EID: 77951297551     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2010.02.027     Document Type: Article

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