Fluoride vitro model studies

Interest for lanthanide halogenides (here and hereinafter, fluorides and chlorides are referred to as halogenides) is growing due to problems in the field of nuclear technology. Indeed, some lanthanides (La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, and Gd) are directly part of radioactive wastes (RAWs) (Baluev et al., 2000). In addition, the presence of actinides is often mimicked by 4f-metal compounds in the model mix of waste when studying the behavior of matrix materials in vitro (Kotel nikov, 1995 Yudintsev et al., 1998). For instance, the volume of liquid and solid RAWs of various... 

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