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Chemical Stability and Structural Characteristics of Cement Compounds with Radwaste Simulators after Ionizing Radiation Exposure

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The chemical and structural properties of cement compounds, containing radwaste simulators, after exposure to γ-radiation and electrons to absorbed dose 100 MGy are examined. It is shown that the phase composition and surface morphology of samples of cement compounds do not change much and the chemical stability remains satisfactory.

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  1. Innovation-Technology Center for Project Breakthrough (ITTsP Proryv), Moscow, Russia

    A. A. Zherebtsov

  2. Bochvar High-Technology Research Institute of Inorganic Materials (VNIINM), Moscow, Russia

    V. V. Kapustin, G. A. Varlakova & A. P. Varlakov

  3. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia

    V. G. Petrov, I. E. Vlasova, I. D. Kharitonov & S. N. Kalmykov

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Translated from Atomnaya Énergiya, Vol. 127, No. 6, pp. 328–331, December, 2019.

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Zherebtsov, A.A., Kapustin, V.V., Varlakova, G.A. et al. Chemical Stability and Structural Characteristics of Cement Compounds with Radwaste Simulators after Ionizing Radiation Exposure. At Energy 127, 362–366 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10512-020-00637-z

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