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As a continuation of an investigation concerning the fate of226Ra during uranium ore milling and long-term tailings storage we have grown hetero-epitaxial deposits of barium sulfate, lead sulfate and mixed barium/lead sulfate on sawn quartz surfaces of differing crystallographic orientations. The deposits formed readily on the substrate from supersaturated aqueous solutions of the parent ions and appear to be strongly adherent. Calcium sulfate formed deposits on quartz at very much greater levels of supersaturation than lead or barium sulfate.
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Paige, C.R., Hileman, O.E., Kornicker, W.A. et al. The formation of hetero-epitaxial deposits of lead, barium and (barium/lead) sulfates on quartz surfaces. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry Letters 135, 299–305 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02164588
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