Obsidian: A potential natural analogue for nuclear waste glass

Current Science

Volumn 98, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 950-954

  Rani, Nishi ^a   Shrivastava, J P ^a   Bajpai, R K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^b BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Geochemical codes; Hydrothermal alterations; Microstructures; Neo formed minerals; Obsidian

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954008932     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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