The use of self heating'' ceramics as crucibles for microwave melting metals and nuclear waste glass

Conference · Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1990

OSTI ID:5671871

Sturcken, E F

Silicon carbide (SiC) crucibles were used to melt aluminum and copper in conventional and tuned microwave cavities at a microwave frequency of 2450 MHz. SiC crucibles were also used to vitrify and homogenize mixtures of nuclear waste and glass frit.

• Research Organization: Westinghouse Savannah River Co., Aiken, SC (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC09-89SR18035
• OSTI ID: 5671871
• Report Number(s): WSRC-MS-90-329; CONF-910430-29; ON: DE92009452
• Resource Relation: Conference: 93. annual meeting and exposition of the American Ceramic Society (ACerS), Cincinnati, OH (United States), 28 Apr - 2 May 1991
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
ALUMINIUM
MELTING
BOROSILICATE GLASS
COPPER
CRUCIBLES
RADIATION HEATING
SILICON CARBIDES
CARBIDES
CARBON COMPOUNDS
ELEMENTS
GLASS
HEATING
METALS
PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS
SILICON COMPOUNDS
TRANSITION ELEMENTS
052001* - Nuclear Fuels- Waste Processing
360101 - Metals & Alloys- Preparation & Fabrication