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On the Leaching Behaviour of a Simple Borosilicate Glass in a Confined Environment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2011

J.C. Petit
Affiliation:
Laboratoire Renè Bernas, F. 91406 Orsay.
Y. Langevin
Affiliation:
Laboratoire Renè Bernas, F. 91406 Orsay.
J.M. Lameille
Affiliation:
Laboratoire Renè Bernas, F. 91406 Orsay.
J.C. Dran
Affiliation:
Laboratoire Renè Bernas, F. 91406 Orsay.
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Abstract

Cm-sized blocks of a simple borosilicate glass have been leached in hydrothermal conditions with various rates of water renewal. Weight loss measurements reveal that restricted water access does not slow down the dissolution rate of this particular glass as would be expected from solubility limits, but instead accelerates its destruction and its transformation into a secondary solid phase still ill-defined.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1982

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