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SUBMITTER: Tajuelo Rodriguez E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5814413 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Tajuelo Rodriguez Elena E Anovitz Lawrence M LM Clement Caleb D CD Rondinone Adam J AJ Cheshire Michael C MC
Scientific reports 20180215 1
Diopside is a common natural pyroxene that is rarely found in a pure state, since magnesium is often partially substituted by iron, and other elements (sodium and aluminum) are often present. This pyroxene, along with feldspars and olivines, is common in concrete. As the prospective license renewal of light water reactors to 80 years of operation has raised concerns on the effects of radiation in the concrete biological shield surrounding the reactors, mineral nanoparticles can be valuable to pe ...[more]