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2003 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

Attack of superoritical fluid on nano-scale indented zones of rocks and minerals

Research Project

Project/Area Number 13304039
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Geology
Research InstitutionShizuoka University

Principal Investigator

MASUDA Toshiaki  Shizuoka University, Faculty of Science, Professor, 理学部, 教授 (30126164)

Project Period (FY) 2001 – 2003
Keywordssupercritical water / sub-critical / nano-indentation tester / atomic force microscope / point-contact deformation / dissolution / quartz / silica glass
Research Abstract

We confirmed that the supercritical H20 generator can generate temperature of up to 550. C and pressure of up to 40 MPa. Then, dissolution test of indented quartz single crystal was performed in the temperature and pressure range. The size of indented imprints on quartz single crystal were rapidly dissolved when the H2O was in supercrical. The similar test for silica glass shows that the glass was dissolved at much faster rate than quartz single crystal.
From the above result, we tentatively propose that the level of the nuclear geological waste is better not to be deeper than 600 m. If the depth is more than the critical one and if the extraordinary heat is accidentally supplied from the waste, H2O at the neighbour of the waste may become supercritical to dissolve much amount of minerals and rocks there. We also propose that the single crystal of quartz is much better to use the confining material of the high-level nuclear waste than the silica glass, because it is more resistant against supercritical fluid.

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All Publications (12 results)

  • [Publications] Masuda, T., Kimura, N.: "Can Newtonian viscous-matrix model be applied to the microboudinage of columnar mineral grains in metamorphic tectonites?"Journal of Structural Geology. 27(in press). (2004)

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  • [Publications] Masuda, T., Shibutani, T., Ochiai, T., Yamaguchi, H., Kugimiya, Y., Miyake, T.: "Lateral variation of differential stress along the Sambagawa metamorphic belt, Japan."Journal of Metamorphic Geology. (in press). (2004)

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  • [Publications] Masuda, T., Kimura, N., Fu, B., Li, X.: "Validity of the microboudin method for palaeo-stress analysis : application to extraordinarily long sodic amphibole grains in a metachert from Aksu, China"Journal of Structural Geology. 26. 203-206 (2004)

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  • [Publications] Masuda, T., Kimura, N., Hara, Y.: "Progress in microboudin method for palaeo-stress analysis of metamorphic tectonites"Tectonophysics. 364. 1-8 (2003)

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  • [Publications] Stallard, A.R., Ikei, H., Masuda, T.: "Numerical simulations of spiral-shaped inclusion trails"Journal of Metamorphic Geology. 20. 801-812 (2002)

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  • [Publications] Stallard, A.R., Ikei, H., Masuda, T.: "Quicktime movies of 3D spiral inclusion trail development."Virtual Explorer. 8. 17-30 (2002)

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  • [Publications] Masuda, T., Kimura, N.: "Can Newtonian viscous-matrix model be applied to the microboudinage of columnar mineral grains in quartzose metamorphic tectonites?"Journal of Structural Geology. (in press). (2004)

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  • [Publications] Masuda, T., Shibutani, T., Ochiai, T., Akagi, S., Yamaguchi, H., Kugimiya, Y., Miyake, T.: "Lateral variation of differential stress along the Sambagawa metamorphic belt, Japan."Journal of Metamorphic Geology. (in press). (2004)

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  • [Publications] Masuda, T., Kimura, N., Fu, B., Li.: "Valictity of the microboudin method for palaeo-stress analysis : application to extraordinarily long sodic amphibole grains in a metachert from Aksu, China."Journal of Structural Geology. 26. 203-206 (2004)

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  • [Publications] Masuda, T., Kimura, N., Hara, Y.: "Progress in microboudin method for palaeo-stress analysis of metamorphic tectonites : application of matematically refined expression."Tectonophysics. 364. 1-8 (2003)

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      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Publications] Stallard, A.R., Ikei, H., Masuda, T.: "Numerical simulations of spiral-shaped inclusion trails : can 3D geometry diostinguish between end-member models of spiral formation?"Journal of Metamorphic Geology. 20. 801-812 (2002)

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  • [Publications] Stallard, A.R., Ikei, H., Masuda, T.: "Quicktime movies of 3D spiral inclusion trail development."Virtual Explorer. 8. 17-30 (2002)

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Published: 2005-04-19  

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