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Frankel GS, Vienna JD, Lian J, Guo X, Gin S, Kim SH, Du J, Ryan JV, Wang J, Windl W, Taylor CD, Scully JR. Recent Advances in Corrosion Science Applicable To Disposal of High-Level Nuclear Waste. Chem Rev 2021; 121:12327-12383. [PMID: 34259500 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.0c00990] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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High-level radioactive waste is accumulating at temporary storage locations around the world and will eventually be placed in deep geological repositories. The waste forms and containers will be constructed from glass, crystalline ceramic, and metallic materials, which will eventually come into contact with water, considering that the period of performance required to allow sufficient decay of dangerous radionuclides is on the order of 105-106 years. Corrosion of the containers and waste forms in the aqueous repository environment is therefore a concern. This Review describes the recent advances of the field of materials corrosion that are relevant to fundamental materials science issues associated with the long-term performance assessment and the design of materials with improved performance, where performance is defined as resistance to aqueous corrosion. Glass, crystalline ceramics, and metals are discussed separately, and the near-field interactions of these different material classes are also briefly addressed. Finally, recommendations for future directions of study are provided.
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- Gerald S Frankel
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, United States
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- Energy and Environment Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratories, Richland, Washington 99354, United States
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- Department of Mechanical Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York 12180, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, United States
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- CEA, DE2D, University of Montpellier, Marcoule, F-30207 Bagnols sur Cèze, 34000 Montpellier, France
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Research Institute, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16801, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas 76203, United States
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- Energy and Environment Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratories, Richland, Washington 99354, United States
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- Department of Geology and Geophysics, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22903, United States
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Stone-Weiss N, Youngman RE, Thorpe R, Smith NJ, Pierce EM, Goel A. An insight into the corrosion of alkali aluminoborosilicate glasses in acidic environments. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2020; 22:1881-1896. [DOI: 10.1039/c9cp06064b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Sodium aluminoborosilicate glasses with wide-ranging compositions and structures corrode according to remarkably similar mechanisms in acidic environments.
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- Nicholas Stone-Weiss
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Rutgers
- The State University of New Jersey
- Piscataway
- USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy and Laboratory for Surface Modification, Rutgers
- The State University of New Jersey
- Piscataway
- USA
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- Environmental Sciences Division
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- Oak Ridge
- USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Rutgers
- The State University of New Jersey
- Piscataway
- USA
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Geisler T, Dohmen L, Lenting C, Fritzsche MBK. Real-time in situ observations of reaction and transport phenomena during silicate glass corrosion by fluid-cell Raman spectroscopy. NATURE MATERIALS 2019; 18:342-348. [PMID: 30804507 DOI: 10.1038/s41563-019-0293-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2018] [Accepted: 01/18/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Borosilicate glass is an important material used in various industries due to its chemical durability, such as for the immobilization of high-level nuclear waste. However, it is susceptible to aqueous corrosion, recognizable by the formation of surface alteration layers (SALs). Here, we report in situ fluid-cell Raman spectroscopic experiments providing real-time insights into reaction and transport processes during the aqueous corrosion of a borosilicate glass. The formation of a several-micrometre-thick water-rich zone between the SAL and the glass, interpreted as an interface solution, is detected, as well as pH gradients at the glass surface and within the SAL. By replacing the solution with a deuterated solution, it is observed that water transport through the SAL is not rate-limiting. The data support an interface-coupled dissolution-reprecipitation process for SAL formation. Fluid-cell Raman spectroscopic experiments open up new avenues for studying solid-water reactions, with the ability to in situ trace specific sub-processes in real time by using stable isotopes.
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- Thorsten Geisler
- Institute for Geosciences and Meteorology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
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- Institute for Geosciences and Meteorology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
- Schott AG, Mainz, Germany
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- Institute for Geosciences and Meteorology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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