Open AccessStudies related to chemical mechanisms of gas formation in Hanford high-level nuclear wastes. 1997 annual progress report
Author(s) -
E. Kent Barefield,
Charles L. Liotta,
H. M. Neumann
Publication year - 1997
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/13634
Subject(s) - hanford site , radiolysis , decomposition , thermal decomposition , chemistry , work (physics) , radiochemistry , nuclear chemistry , radioactive waste , organic chemistry , thermodynamics , physics , aqueous solution
'Work during the past year has been concentrated in three areas: Analysis of the Relative Contributions of Thermal versus Radiolytic Pathways for Complexant Decomposition in Tank 101SY; Synthesis of Potential Precursors to HNO/NO{sup -}, and Analysis of the Kinetics of Decomposition of Piloty''s Acid at High [OH{sup -}]. The undergraduate student worked on the aluminum catalyzed reactions of nitrite ion with 2-hydroxyethylamines. This is a follow-up to earlier work done under Westinghouse Hanford and PNNL funding that will be expanded to include an exploration of the complexation of nitrite ion by aluminum when Ms. Chalfant''s lab skills are sufficiently established. A brief synopsis of work in each of the first three areas.