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Nonlinear dynamics and instability of aqueous dissolution of silicate glasses and minerals

Aqueous dissolution of silicate glasses and minerals plays a critical role in global biogeochemical cycles and climate evolution. The reactivity of these materials is also important to numerous engineering applications including nuclear waste disposal. The dissolution process has long been considered to be controlled by a leached surface layer in which cations in the silicate framework are grad...

Glass Fabrication And Product Consistency Testing Of Lanthanide Borosilicate Glass For Plutonium Disposition

Microstructure and Corrosion Performance of Silica Coatings on Aluminum Surface Prepared by Plasma Electrolysis Technique

Silica phases were precipitated on aluminum surface by potentiostatic plasma electrolysis technique. Aqueous sodium silicate solutions with different concentrations were used for this purpose. SEM, EDS, XRD, surface profiles and polarization curves were used to study coatings properties. The results showed that the growth of the silica containing phases on aluminum surface was promoted by incre...

Origin and consequences of silicate glass passivation by surface layers

Silicate glasses are durable materials, but are they sufficiently durable to confine highly radioactive wastes for hundreds of thousands years? Addressing this question requires a thorough understanding of the mechanisms underpinning aqueous corrosion of these materials. Here we show that in silica-saturated solution, a model glass of nuclear interest corrodes but at a rate that dramatically dr...

Preparation ZrO2 ceramic coating by electrolytic plasma oxidation and study of the effect of monoclinic/tetragonal phases on the corrosion resistance of the coating

In this paper, zirconium oxide ceramics coating (ZrO2) were produced on Zircaloy-4 alloy using plasma electrolytic oxidation (PEO). Sodium silicate and Sodium aluminate based electrolyte was selected in PEO process and the effects of the concentration of Sodium aluminate (0, 2.5, 5, 7.5, and 10 g/L) on the microstructure, phase structure and the behavior of corrosion of formed coatings. In orde...