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Possible Applications of the Mössbauer Technique in Waste Management Studies
Nuclear Technology / Volume 51 / Number 2 / December 1980 / Pages 178-181
Technical Paper / Argonne National Laboratory Specialists’ Workshop on Basic Research Needs for Nuclear Waste Management / Radioactive Waste / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT80-A32598
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The Mössbauer effect can sometimes be used to determine the relative abundances of different phases for a given element in a sample. For example, a radioactive element bound in a silicon-based glass will have a different spectrum from the same element in a (frozen) aqueous glass or in crystalline hydrates. Also, small diffusion constants [10-10 < D (cm2/s) < 10-7] can be measured for a few elements.
