Low-temperature sintering Bi-Si-Zn-oxide glasses for use in either glass composite materials or core/shell 129I waste forms

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 94, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2412-2419

  Garino, Terry J ^a,b   Nenoff, Tina M ^a   Krumhansl, James L ^a   Rademacher, David X ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS SILICA; AQUEOUS ENVIRONMENT; CORE/SHELL; DELETERIOUS EFFECTS; DENSE GLASS; GAS STREAMS; HUMAN HEALTH; IN-SITU; LOW-TEMPERATURE SINTERING; MATERIAL WASTES; OXIDE GLASS; POTENTIAL MOBILITY; SPENT NUCLEAR FUELS; THERMAL EXPANSION MISMATCH; WASTE FORMS;

BISMUTH; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; HEATING; NUCLEAR FUEL REPROCESSING; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RADIOISOTOPES; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; SILVER; SILVER HALIDES; SINTERING; SPENT FUELS; THERMAL EXPANSION; ZEOLITES; ZINC;

GLASS;

EID: 80051546081     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: 15512916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2011.04542.x     Document Type: Article

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