This paper is a comprehensive review of the state-of-knowledge in the field of radiation
effects in glasses that are to be used for the immobilization of high-level nuclear waste and …

This introductory article overviews the concepts and purpose of the Smart Grid and the
important role of communications technology in its development. It identifies some of the …

Some of the information contained in this and similar books will almost certainly be used in
developing new methods of animal husbandry. The improved production to which this …

Rates of aqueous dissolution are reported for a series of phosphate glasses having the
composition (50 − X)M 2 O·(X)CaO·50P 2 O 5 . Dissolution reactions involving the consumption …

The near‐surface nucleation and crystallization behavior of Ag + ion‐implanted lithia‐alumina‐silica
glasses has been studied. For room‐temperature Ag implants, crystallization of the …

Surface crystallization of a Au + ‐ion‐implanted lithia‐alumina‐silica glass has been realized.
Annealing of a glass sample implanted with 285‐keV Au + ions at 550 C results in the …

Large-scale GPU clusters are gaining popularity in the scientific computing community.
However, their deployment and production use are associated with a number of new challenges. …

THE pathways by which silicate minerals transform to solutes, clays and amorphous solids
are relevant to a wide range of natural, industrial and even medical concerns. For example, …

Overall, the wheatbelt of Western Australia occupies 14 million ha and has had 93% of its
native vegetation removed over the past 100 years, much of it disappearing within the last 50 …

The reaction of feldspar with an aqueous solution is examined by complementing dissolution
rate measurements with analysis of mineral surface chemistry. Rates of feldspar dissolution …