Nanometre-scale evidence for interfacial dissolution-reprecipitation control of silicate glass corrosion

Nature Materials

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 307-311

  Hellmann, Roland ^a,b   Cotte, Stéphane ^a,b   Cadel, Emmanuel ^c   Malladi, Sairam ^d   Karlsson, Lisa S ^e,h   Lozano Perez, Sergio ^e   Cabié, Martiane ^f   Seyeux, Antoine ^g  

^a UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

^d DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^f AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^g PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^h SANDVIK AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CORROSION; CORROSION RESISTANCE; DISSOLUTION; HYDRATION; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; POSITIVE IONS; SILICATES; WEATHERING;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; AQUEOUS DISSOLUTION; ATOMIC RESOLUTION; CHEMICAL INTERFACES; CORROSION MECHANISMS; MINERAL WEATHERING; REACTION MECHANISM; SECONDARY CRYSTALLINE PHASIS;

GLASS;

GLASS; NANOMATERIAL; SILICATE; SOLVENT; WATER;

CHEMISTRY; CORROSION; MATERIALS TESTING; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CORROSION; GLASS; MATERIALS TESTING; NANOSTRUCTURES; PARTICLE SIZE; SILICATES; SOLVENTS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WATER;

EID: 84923289851     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat4172     Document Type: Article

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