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Title: Gamma-Ray Irradiation and Contact with High-Alkalinity Sludge: Stability Studies of Mercury Fulminate

Abstract

The stability of mercury fulminate under gamma-ray irradiation and in a high-alkalinity sludge environment was determined. Both differential scanning calorimetry and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy were used to characterize mercury fulminate. Mercury fulminate completely decomposed in a gamma-ray source (0.86 Mrad/h) after a dose of 208 Mrad. This exposure equates to {approx}2.4 to 4 yr in Savannah River Site tanks. Mercury fulminate decomposed in contact with high-alkalinity wet sludge. This study suggests that any mercury fulminate or closely related energetic species decomposed long ago if it ever formed in the tank farm.

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Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
20840303
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Nuclear Technology
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 151; Journal Issue: 3; Other Information: Copyright (c) 2006 American Nuclear Society (ANS), United States, All rights reserved. http://epubs.ans.org/; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0029-5450
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES, AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES; ACID NEUTRALIZING CAPACITY; ENVIRONMENT; FOURIER TRANSFORM SPECTROMETERS; GAMMA RADIATION; GAMMA SOURCES; IRRADIATION; MERCURY; RADIATION DOSES; SAVANNAH RIVER; SLUDGES; STORAGE FACILITIES; TANKS

Citation Formats

Fondeur, F F, Wilmarth, W R, Peters, T B, and Fink, S D. Gamma-Ray Irradiation and Contact with High-Alkalinity Sludge: Stability Studies of Mercury Fulminate. United States: N. p., 2005. Web.
Fondeur, F F, Wilmarth, W R, Peters, T B, & Fink, S D. Gamma-Ray Irradiation and Contact with High-Alkalinity Sludge: Stability Studies of Mercury Fulminate. United States.
Fondeur, F F, Wilmarth, W R, Peters, T B, and Fink, S D. 2005. "Gamma-Ray Irradiation and Contact with High-Alkalinity Sludge: Stability Studies of Mercury Fulminate". United States.
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title = {Gamma-Ray Irradiation and Contact with High-Alkalinity Sludge: Stability Studies of Mercury Fulminate},
author = {Fondeur, F F and Wilmarth, W R and Peters, T B and Fink, S D},
abstractNote = {The stability of mercury fulminate under gamma-ray irradiation and in a high-alkalinity sludge environment was determined. Both differential scanning calorimetry and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy were used to characterize mercury fulminate. Mercury fulminate completely decomposed in a gamma-ray source (0.86 Mrad/h) after a dose of 208 Mrad. This exposure equates to {approx}2.4 to 4 yr in Savannah River Site tanks. Mercury fulminate decomposed in contact with high-alkalinity wet sludge. This study suggests that any mercury fulminate or closely related energetic species decomposed long ago if it ever formed in the tank farm.},
doi = {},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/20840303}, journal = {Nuclear Technology},
issn = {0029-5450},
number = 3,
volume = 151,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Sep 15 00:00:00 EDT 2005},
month = {Thu Sep 15 00:00:00 EDT 2005}
}