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Fixation of radioactive ions in porous media with ion exchange gels

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OSTI ID:863360
A method is provided for fixing radioactive ions in porous media by injecting into the porous media water-soluble organic monomers which are polymerizable to gel structures with ion exchange sites and polymerizing the monomers to form ion exchange gels. The ions and the particles of the porous media are thereby physically fixed in place by the gel structure and, in addition, the ions are chemically fixed by the ion exchange properties of the resulting gel.
Research Organization:
BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE
DOE Contract Number:
AC06-76RL01830
Assignee:
United States of America as represented by United States (Washington, DC)
Patent Number(s):
US 4156658
OSTI ID:
863360
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English