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A Kinetic Model for Borosilicate Glass Dissolution Based on the Dissolution Affinity of a Surface Alteration Layer

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2011

William L. Bourcier ,
Dennis W. Peiffer ,
Kevin G. Knauss ,
Kevin D. McKeegan  and
David K. Smith
William L. Bourcier
Affiliation:
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Livermore, CA 94550
Dennis W. Peiffer
Affiliation:
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Livermore, CA 94550
Kevin G. Knauss
Affiliation:
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Livermore, CA 94550
Kevin D. McKeegan
Affiliation:
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Livermore, CA 94550
David K. Smith
Affiliation:
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Livermore, CA 94550
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Abstract

A kinetic model for the dissolution of borosilicate glass, incorporated into the EQ3/6 geochemical modeling code, is used to predict the dissolution rate of a nuclear waste glass. In the model, the glass dissolution rate is controlled by the rate of dissolution of an alkalidepleted amorphous surface (gel) layer. Assuming that the gel layer dissolution affinity controls glass dissolution rates is similar to the silica saturation concept of Grambow [1] except that our model predicts that all components concentrated in the surface layer, not just silica, affect glass dissolution rates. The good agreement between predicted and observed elemental dissolution rates suggests that the dissolution rate of the gel layer limits the overall rate of glass dissolution. The model predicts that the long-term rate of glass dissolution will depend mainly on ion concentrations in solution, and therefore on the secondary phases which precipitate and control ion concentrations.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 176: Symposium U – Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management XIII , 1989 , 209
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1990

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