Changes in the pore network structure of Hanford sediment after reaction with caustic tank wastes

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 131, Issue 1-4, 2012, Pages 89-99

  Crandell, L E ^a   Peters, C A ^a   Um, W ^b   Jones, K W ^c   Lindquist, W B ^d  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Erosion dilation; Mineral precipitation; Pore size distribution; Porosity; SEM

Indexed keywords

2D ANALYSIS; 2D IMAGES; 2D IMAGING; 3-D IMAGE; 3D IMAGING; ALUMINOSILICATE MINERALS; BACKSCATTERED ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CANCRINITES; COLUMN EXPERIMENTS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; HANFORD; HANFORD SEDIMENTS; LARGE PORES; MINERAL MATTERS; MINERAL PRECIPITATION; PORE NETWORKS; PORE SPACE; PRODUCTION SITES; SECONDARY PRECIPITATES; SUBSURFACE SEDIMENTS; TANK WASTE;

ALUMINOSILICATES; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CARBONATE MINERALS; EROSION; NUCLEAR WEAPONS; PORE SIZE; POROSITY; QUARTZ; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THREE DIMENSIONAL; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

TANKS (CONTAINERS);

ALUMINOSILICATE; BACKSCATTER; CANCRINITE; DILATION; DISSOLUTION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EROSION; NUCLEAR WEAPON; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); QUARTZ; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SODALITE; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PARTICLE SIZE; POROSITY; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION ANALYSIS; ROENTGEN SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEDIMENT; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; UNITED STATES;

ALUMINUM SILICATES; CHEMICAL PRECIPITATION; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; POROSITY; QUARTZ; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SPECTROMETRY, X-RAY EMISSION; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

HANFORD; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 84857136146     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: 18736009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2012.02.002     Document Type: Article

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