Eric Kleinsasser

University of Southern California

Projects

Quantification of Reactive Surface Area of Shales from a Hillslope via 19F MAS NMR of a Fluorine-Containing Probe Molecule

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Karl Mueller

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

To understand natural processes such as nutrient and contaminant cycling as well as carbon sequestration, the rates of regolith formation from rocks and subsequent weathering into secondary minerals…

The Chemistry of Hanford Sediments Reacted with Simulated Tank Waste Leachates: High-Resolution 27Al MAS and MQMAS NMR Studies

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Karl Mueller

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

At sites such as Hanford, a former US Department of Energy (DOE) plutonium production facility, caustic nuclear waste (containing Cs-137 and Sr-90) has leaked from underground waste storage tanks…

Probing silicate minerals to explore mechanisms behind age-dependent dissolution rates: An NMR study of feldspars

Lead Institution

University of Southern California

Principal Investigator

A. Joshua West

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

A method developed to quantify hydroxyl (OH) sites on silicates is applied here for the first time to feldspar grains from soils in a glacial chronosequence. Illuminating the interplay between…