Description
Research on issues relating to nuclear waste storage plays an important role in contributing to finding good solutions to a problem that concerns mankind's future, predicting the durability of engineered barriers and determining the kinetics of alteration processes. The latter is now one of the vital questions in the scientific community concerned with clay minerals and hydrosilicate gels.
The 20 papers published in this volume bring together the experience of specialists on topics such as hydrosilicate gels and early mineral phase crystallization, clay mineral reactions and crystallochemistry of clay minerals. The contributions are of world-wide interest, and will help to stimulate future research and analysis in this field.
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Chapter 2. Archaeological glasses as modelling of the behavior of buried nuclear waste glass
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24 – 40
Chapter 3. Rate and mechanism of the reaction of silicates with cement pore fluids
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40 – 54
Chapter 4. Early phyllosilicates formed by alteration of R7T7 glass in water at 250°C
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54 – 66
Chapter 5. Retention of radionuclides in poorly organized phases in the near field of a HLW nuclear disposal facility
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66 – 78
Chapter 6. Neptunium (V and VI) exchange between silicate gels and aqueous solutions
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78 – 86
Chapter 7. Naturel gels in the Yucca Mountain area, Nevada, USA
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86 – 94
Chapter 8. Experimental alteration of R7T7 glass in salt brines at 90°C and 150°C
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94 – 104
Chapter 9. Dioctahedral smectite reactions at elevated temperatures: Effects of K-availability, Na/K ratio and ionic strength
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104 – 120
Chapter 10. Mineralogy and kinetics of alteration of a mixed-layer kaolinite/smectite in nuclear waste disposal simulation
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120 – 132
Chapter 11. Conversion time from smectite to illite. A preliminary study
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132 – 138
Chapter 12. Smectite-to-illite conversion in natural hydrothermal systems
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138 – 154
Chapter 13. The actual distribution of octahedral cations in 2:1 clay minerals: Results from clay synthesis
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154 – 176
Chapter 14. Clay mineral transformations in static hydrothermal conditions within a simulated engineered barrier for nuclea
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176 – 186
Chapter 15. Radiometric emanation method (REM) for the characterization of morphological changes in K-bentonite during its interaction with some organic compounds
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186 – 192
Chapter 16. Saponitic clays from the Madrid basin: Accessory-minerals influence in hydrothermal reactivity
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192 – 208
Chapter 17. Sorption and speciation of heavy metals on hydrous Fe and Mn oxides. From microscopic to macroscopic
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208 – 232
Chapter 18. Sorption mechanisms of three actinides on a clayey mineral
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232 – 246
Chapter 19. Sorption of major cations on pure and composite clayey materials
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246 – 252
Chapter 20. Studies on the interactions of HDPY-vermiculite with radioiodine
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252 – 258