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Diffusion in Crystalline Rocks

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2011

K. Skagius  and
I. Neretnieks
K. Skagius
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical EngineeringRoyal Institute of TechnologyS–100 44 StockholmSweden
I. Neretnieks
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical EngineeringRoyal Institute of TechnologyS–100 44 StockholmSweden
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Laboratory experiments to determine the sorption and the rate of diffusion of cesium and strontium in pieces of granite have been performed. The effective diffusivity, Dp ep was found to be I-2, 10-12 m2/2 for both cesium and strontium.

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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 11: Symposium – Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management V , 1981 , 509
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1982

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