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Characterization of Leached Surface Layers on Simulated High-Level Waste Glasses by Sputter-Induced Optical Emission

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The leaching process in simulated waste encapsulant glasses was studied by measuring the compositional depth-profiles of H (from water), the glass framework formers Si and B, the alkalis Na and Cs, the alkaline earths Ca and Sr, the transition metals Mo and Fe, the rare-earths La, Ce, and Nd, using the technique of sputterindiced optical emission. The leaching process of these glasses is highly complex. In addition to alkali/hydrogen exchange, there is breakdown of the glass framework, build-up of barrier layers on the surface, and formation of layered reaction zones of distinctly different chemistry all within the outer micrometer of the glass.

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  1. Materials Research Laboratory, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 16802, USA

    Cheryl Houser, I. S. T. Tsong & William B. White

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  1. Materials Research Laboratory, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA

    Gregory J. McCarthy

  2. Sandia Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

    Richard L. Schwoebel

  3. United States Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California, USA

    R. W. Potter II

  4. Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois, USA

    Arnold M. Friedman

  5. Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA

    John G. Moore

  6. Office of Nuclear Waste Isolation, Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, Ohio, USA

    Harry C. Burkholder

  7. Hahn-Meitner Institut, Berlin, Germany

    Werner Lutze

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Houser, C., Tsong, I.S.T., White, W.B. (1979). Characterization of Leached Surface Layers on Simulated High-Level Waste Glasses by Sputter-Induced Optical Emission. In: McCarthy, G.J., et al. Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-9107-8_14

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