Structure and properties of binder gels formed in the system Mg(OH)2-SiO2-H2O for immobilisation of Magnox sludge

Dalton Transactions

Volumn 44, Issue 17, 2015, Pages 8126-8137

  Walling, Sam A ^a   Kinoshita, Hajime ^a   Bernal, Susan A ^a   Collier, Nick C ^a,b   Provis, John L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL NUCLEAR LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLENDING; FLUIDITY; GELS; KAOLINITE; PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; SILICA FUME; SILICATES; SODIUM COMPOUNDS;

CEMENTITIOUS BINDERS; CEMENTITIOUS PROPERTIES; CEMENTITIOUS SYSTEMS; DELETERIOUS EFFECTS; INORGANIC PHOSPHATES; MAGNESIUM SILICATES; SODIUM HEXAMETAPHOSPHATE; STRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES;

MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84928686618     PISSN: 14779226     EISSN: 14779234     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c5dt00877h     Document Type: Article

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