Uptake of Np(IV) by C-S-H phases and cement paste: An EXAFS study

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 8765-8771

  Gaona, Xavier ^a,d   Dähn, Rainer ^a   Tits, Jan ^a   Scheinost, Andreas C ^b,c   Wieland, Erich ^a  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b INSTITUTE OF ION BEAM PHYSICS AND MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

^d KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM SILICATE HYDRATE; CEMENT PASTE; CEMENTITIOUS MATERIALS; COORDINATION ENVIRONMENT; EXAFS STUDIES; EXTENDED X-RAY ABSORPTION FINE STRUCTURES; HARDENED CEMENT PASTE; INTERMEDIATE LEVEL WASTES; LOCAL STRUCTURE; NEAR FIELDS; NUCLEAR WASTE DISPOSAL; REDUCING CONDITIONS; UPTAKE MECHANISM; WASTE FORMS;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; CALCIUM; CEMENTS; HYDRATES; NEPTUNIUM; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; SILICATES; SILICON; WASTE DISPOSAL;

CALCIUM SILICATE;

CALCIUM SILICATE; CALCIUM SILICATE HYDRATE; CEMENT; NEPTUNIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CEMENT; IMMOBILIZATION; NEPTUNIUM; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; REPOSITORY; SPECTROSCOPY; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; RADIOACTIVE WASTE PROCESSING; X RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NEPTUNIUM; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; X-RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 80054701009     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es2012897     Document Type: Article

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