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Dysprosium oxychloride, DyOCl, was synthesized using a simple hydrolysis method with DyCl3·6H2O. X-ray powder diffraction (XRD) data was used to determine the crystal structure. The DyOCl compound is isostructura...
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Open AccessApplying laboratory methods for durability assessment of vitrified material to archaeological samples
Laboratory testing used to assess the long-term chemical durability of nuclear waste forms may not be applicable to disposal because the accelerated conditions may not represent disposal conditions. To address...
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Open AccessReproduction of melting behavior for vitrified hillforts based on amphibolite, granite, and basalt lithologies
European Bronze and Iron Age vitrified hillforts have been known since the 1700s, but archaeological interpretations regarding their function and use are still debated. We carried out a series of experiments t...
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Method Development for High Temperature In-Situ Neutron Diffraction Measurements of Glass Crystallization on Cooling from Melt
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Nuclear wastes generated from reprocessing of used nuclear fuel tend to contain a large fraction of rare earth (RE, e.g., Nd3+), transition (TM, e.g., Mo6+, Zr4+), alkali (A, e.g., Cs+), and alkaline earth cation...
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Effect of Li, Fe, and B Addition on the Crystallization Behavior of Sodium Aluminosilicate Glasses as Analogues for Hanford High Level Waste Glasses
Crystallization of aluminosilicates during the conversion of Hanford high-level waste (HLW) to glass is a function of the composition of the glass-forming melt. In high-sodium, highaluminum waste streams, the ...
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Nepheline Crystallization in High-Alumina High-Level Waste Glass
The understanding of the crystallization of aluminosilicate phases in nuclear waste glasses is a major challenge for nuclear waste vitrification. Robust studies on the compositional dependence of nepheline for...
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Thermal Analysis of Waste Glass Batches: Effect of Batch Makeup on Gas-Evolving Reactions
Batches made with a variety of precursors were subjected to thermogravimetric analysis. The baseline modifications included an all-nitrate batch with sucrose addition, an all-carbonate batch, and batches with ...
