Chemical Durability of Zinc Borosilicate Nuclear Waste Glass

摘要

Chemical durability is of primary concern when evaluating the safety of waste glass. For this reason, testing the leachability of waste glasses is a fundamental part of their development and characterization. The leachability is also very much a function of glass composition as previously discussed. This discussion is limited to a representative waste glass composition, a high-zinc borosilicate formulation which has been studied in detail by Battelle Pacific Northwest Laboratories. (ERA citation 03:055543)