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Chemical Durability of Savannah River Plant Waste Glass as a Function of Waste Loading
Author(s) -
RANKIN W. DUNCAN,
WICKS GEORGE G.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
journal of the american ceramic society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.9
H-Index - 196
eISSN - 1551-2916
pISSN - 0002-7820
DOI - 10.1111/j.1151-2916.1983.tb10073.x
Subject(s) - leachate , durability , vitrification , waste management , environmental science , savannah river site , materials science , radioactive waste , composite material , engineering , medicine , andrology
The leachability of Savannah River Plant (SRP) waste forms was assessed for glass containing up to 50 wt% simulated waste oxides. Leach tests included standard MCC‐1 static tests and pH‐buffered solution experiments. An integrated approach combining leachate solution analysis with both bulk and surface analyses was used to study waste‐glass corrosion as a function of waste loading. Scouting tests on key processing and product parameters, such as viscosity, electrical resistivity, and density were also performed. Results of this study show that the durability of SRP waste glass improves due to the presence of the waste, for waste loadings up to 50 wt% because of the formation of protective surface layers. In addition, the data indicate that the practical limit of waste loading will be determined not by chemical durability of the product, but by processing considerations.