Thermal stability of zeolitic tuff from Yucca Mountain, Nevada
Thermal models of the proposed repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, suggest that rocks near the proposed host rock will experience elevated temperatures for at least 1000 yrs. In order to assess the effects of elevated temperatures on zeolites clinoptilolite and mordenite were investigated using a combination of high-temperature X-ray powder diffraction, thermogravimetric and differential scanning calorimetric analysis, and long-term heating experiments. 13 refs., 7 figs.
- Research Organization:
- Los Alamos National Lab., NM (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-36
- OSTI ID:
- 137665
- Report Number(s):
- LA-UR--90-68; CONF-900406--25; ON: DE90007826
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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MORDENITE
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