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Migration Behavior of Copper in Compacted Bentonite Using Electromigration Techniques

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 January 2020

Kazuya Idemitsu ,
Keisuke Yoshida ,
Yaohiro Inagaki  and
Tatsumi Arima
Kazuya Idemitsu*
Affiliation:
Dept. of Applied Quantum Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Kyushu Univ., 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka, Japan
Keisuke Yoshida
Affiliation:
Dept. of Applied Quantum Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Kyushu Univ., 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka, Japan
Yaohiro Inagaki
Affiliation:
Dept. of Applied Quantum Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Kyushu Univ., 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka, Japan
Tatsumi Arima
Affiliation:
Dept. of Applied Quantum Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Kyushu Univ., 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka, Japan
*
*(Email: idemitsu@nucl.kyushu-u.ac.jp)
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Abstract

Copper is a candidate for use as an overpack material in deep underground nuclear waste disposal. Copper, however, is susceptible to corrosion following closure of the repository and migration of the corrosion products through the buffer material may affect the migration of redox-sensitive radionuclides. Electromigration experiments were performed whereby a copper coupon, which was in contact with compacted bentonite, served as the working electrode and was held at a constant potential of between +100 to +400 mV vs. Ag/AgCl electrode for up to 48 h. The amounts of copper that migrated into the bentonite specimens were found to be in good agreement with the calculated values based on the corrosion current flow for the assumption that copper underwent anodic dissolution as Cu(II). A model based on dispersion and electromigration was able to explain the measured copper profiles in the bentonite specimens. The fitted values of the dispersion coefficient did not depend on the applied potential and were about 10-12 m2/s.

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diffusionCuelectromigration
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MRS Advances , Volume 5 , Issue 3-4: Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management XLIII , 2020 , pp. 141 - 147
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2020

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