Long-term cement corrosion in chloride-rich solutions relevant to radioactive waste disposal in rock salt - Leaching experiments and thermodynamic simulations

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 64, Issue , 2013, Pages 87-94

  Bube, C ^a   Metz, V ^a   Bohnert, E ^a   Garbev, K ^a   Schild, D ^a   Kienzler, B ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cement corrosion; Long term experiments; Radioactive waste; Thermodynamic simulation

Indexed keywords

CEMENTITIOUS MATRICES; EQUILIBRIUM CONDITIONS; FULL-SCALE EXPERIMENT; HARDENED CEMENT PASTE; LONG-TERM EXPERIMENTS; THERMODYNAMIC EQUILIBRIA; THERMODYNAMIC METHODS; THERMODYNAMIC SIMULATIONS;

CEMENTS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CORROSION; LEACHING; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; SALT DEPOSITS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EXPERIMENTS;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; CEMENT; CHLORIDE; CORROSION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LEACHING; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; ROCK SALT; THERMODYNAMICS; WASTE DISPOSAL;

EID: 84884349656     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2012.11.001     Document Type: Article

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