Contribution of atom-probe tomography to a better understanding of glass alteration mechanisms: Application to a nuclear glass specimen altered 25 years in a granitic environment

Chemical Geology

Volumn 349-350, Issue , 2013, Pages 99-109

  Gin, S ^a   Ryan, J V ^b   Schreiber, D K ^b   Neeway, J ^b   Cabie M ^c  

^a Research Department of Mining and Fuel Recycling ProCesses   (France)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Alteration layers; Atom probe tomography; Interdiffusion; Long term rate; Nuclear glass

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; BORON; DISSOLUTION; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; INTERDIFFUSION (SOLIDS); LITHIUM; PROBES; SILICATE MINERALS; SURFACE DIFFUSION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ALTERATION LAYER; APPARENT DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; ATOM PROBE TOMOGRAPHY; DEEP GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORY; ELEMENTAL DISTRIBUTION; ENERGY FILTERED TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NANOMETER LENGTH SCALE; NUCLEAR GLASS;

BOROSILICATE GLASS;

EID: 84877117555     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2013.04.001     Document Type: Article

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