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Title: SEM/EDS analysis of boron in waste glasses with ultrathin window detector and digital pulse processor

Abstract

Analysis of boron in waste glasses and in the reaction products that form during the reaction of glass is important for understanding the reaction kinetics and mechanism of glass corrosion. Two borosilicate waste glasses (1.55 and 3.47 wt% B) have been analyzed by SEM/EDS. The 1.55 wt% is the lowest B concentration detected with EDS. However, the B peaks severely overlap with the C peaks due to the carbon films used for conductive layers, but this problem can be solved by subtracting the C peaks, and possibly even lower B content could be detected by EDS with the digital pulse processor.

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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
267469
Report Number(s):
ANL/CMT/CP-89578; CONF-9608108-2
ON: DE96012707; TRN: 96:017075
DOE Contract Number:  
W-31109-ENG-38
Resource Type:
Conference
Resource Relation:
Conference: 30. annual meeting of Microbeam Analysis Society, Minneapolis, MN (United States), 11-15 Aug 1996; Other Information: PBD: [1996]
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
40 CHEMISTRY; 05 NUCLEAR FUELS; BOROSILICATE GLASS; QUANTITATIVE CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; WASTE FORMS; BORON; DETECTION; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; TRACE AMOUNTS

Citation Formats

Luo, J S, Wolf, S F, Ebert, W L, and Bates, J K. SEM/EDS analysis of boron in waste glasses with ultrathin window detector and digital pulse processor. United States: N. p., 1996. Web.
Luo, J S, Wolf, S F, Ebert, W L, & Bates, J K. SEM/EDS analysis of boron in waste glasses with ultrathin window detector and digital pulse processor. United States.
Luo, J S, Wolf, S F, Ebert, W L, and Bates, J K. 1996. "SEM/EDS analysis of boron in waste glasses with ultrathin window detector and digital pulse processor". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/267469.
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title = {SEM/EDS analysis of boron in waste glasses with ultrathin window detector and digital pulse processor},
author = {Luo, J S and Wolf, S F and Ebert, W L and Bates, J K},
abstractNote = {Analysis of boron in waste glasses and in the reaction products that form during the reaction of glass is important for understanding the reaction kinetics and mechanism of glass corrosion. Two borosilicate waste glasses (1.55 and 3.47 wt% B) have been analyzed by SEM/EDS. The 1.55 wt% is the lowest B concentration detected with EDS. However, the B peaks severely overlap with the C peaks due to the carbon films used for conductive layers, but this problem can be solved by subtracting the C peaks, and possibly even lower B content could be detected by EDS with the digital pulse processor.},
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url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/267469}, journal = {},
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place = {United States},
year = {Mon Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1996},
month = {Mon Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1996}
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