Method for incorporating radioactive phosphoric acid solutions in concrete

Patent · 31 December 1983

OSTI ID:864947

Wolf, Gary A.; Smith, Jeffrey W.; Ihle, Nathan C.

A method for incorporating radioactive phosphoric acid solutions in concrete is described wherein the phosphoric acid is reacted with Ca(OH)₂ to form a precipitate of hydroxyapatite and the hydroxyapatite is mixed with portland cement to form concrete.

• Research Organization: Hanford Site (HNF), Richland, WA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-77RL01030
• Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the United States Department of Energy (Washington, DC)
• Patent Number(s): 4,442,028
• Application Number: 06/396192
• OSTI ID: 864947
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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