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The Electrochemistry Of Hydrogen Peroxide On Uranium Dioxide And The Modelling Of Used Nuclear Fuel Corrosion Under Permanent Disposal Conditions, Linda Wu
Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository
This thesis reports a series of investigations examining the corrosion process of used nuclear fuel under permanent disposal conditions. The motivation of the project is that the safety assessment of deep geological disposal of spent nuclear fuel requires a fundamental understanding of the processes controlling fuel corrosion which could lead to the release of radionuclides to the geosphere from a failed container.
One primary objective of this project was to develop a computational model in order to simulate fuel corrosion under the disposal conditions. A series of simulations based on COMSOL were designed and developed to determine the influence of …
Anodic Strategies For The Covalent Attachment Of Molecules To Electrodes Through Ethynyl And Vinyl Linkages, Matthew Vincent Sheridan
Anodic Strategies For The Covalent Attachment Of Molecules To Electrodes Through Ethynyl And Vinyl Linkages, Matthew Vincent Sheridan
Graduate College Dissertations and Theses
Substrates with localized, organic radicals have the ability to attack `inert' surfaces to form covalent bonds between the substrate and an atom at the surface. These radicals can be generated in electrochemical experiments with substrates bearing an electroactive moiety. The moiety after oxidation (loss of an electron) or reduction (gain of an electron) generates the active radical. Electron transfer reactions at an electrode surface generate a high population of these radicals, thereby facilitating attachment.
The electrochemical oxidations of compounds containing terminal alkynes and alkenes were found to be effective methods for covalent attachment to glassy carbon, gold, and platinum electrodes. …