The effect of polymorphic structure on the structural and chemical stability of yttrium disilicates

American Mineralogist

Volumn 96, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1512-1520

  Galunin, Evgeny ^a   Vidal, Miquel ^a   Alba, María D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Leaching rate; Nuclear applications; Polymorphism; Sol gel processes; Yttrium disilicates

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS SILICON; CHEMICAL STABILITY; LEACHING; POLYMORPHISM; RARE EARTH COMPOUNDS; RARE EARTHS; SILICATES; SILICON; SOL-GEL PROCESS;

DEEP GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORY; DISILICATES; ENGINEERED BARRIERS; LEACHING RATES; NUCLEAR APPLICATION; POLYMORPHIC STRUCTURE; PRESSURE AND TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT;

YTTRIUM COMPOUNDS;

ACTINIDE; LEACHING; PH; PRESSURE EFFECT; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SILICATE MINERAL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; YTTRIUM;

EID: 81455155080     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: 19453027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2011.3659     Document Type: Article

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