We consider a model for the distribution of radionuclides in the ground water around a deep repository for used nuclear fuel, based on the assumption that different isotopes of the same chemical element A contribute jointly to the chemical potential of A. In this hypothesis, the total flux Ji of a particular isotope Ai of an element A has two components, one due to the interaction of Ai with the solvent molecules B, the other with the kin isotopes. We study some qualitative properties of the solution in the physically relevant assumption that the first of these components is negligible. In this assumption the problem reduces to a parabolic equation for the total concentration of the element A, possibly coupled with hyperbolic equations for the concentrations of the single isotopes.

On a model for the propagation of disequilibrium by diffusion / E.COMPARINI; R.DAL PASSO; C.PESCATORE; M.UGHI. - In: MATHEMATICAL MODELS AND METHODS IN APPLIED SCIENCES. - ISSN 0218-2025. - STAMPA. - 19 N.08:(2009), pp. 1277-1294. [10.1142/S0218202509003784]

On a model for the propagation of disequilibrium by diffusion

COMPARINI, ELENA;
2009

Abstract

We consider a model for the distribution of radionuclides in the ground water around a deep repository for used nuclear fuel, based on the assumption that different isotopes of the same chemical element A contribute jointly to the chemical potential of A. In this hypothesis, the total flux Ji of a particular isotope Ai of an element A has two components, one due to the interaction of Ai with the solvent molecules B, the other with the kin isotopes. We study some qualitative properties of the solution in the physically relevant assumption that the first of these components is negligible. In this assumption the problem reduces to a parabolic equation for the total concentration of the element A, possibly coupled with hyperbolic equations for the concentrations of the single isotopes.
2009
19 N.08
1277
1294
E.COMPARINI; R.DAL PASSO; C.PESCATORE; M.UGHI
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