Method of making nanostructured glass-ceramic waste forms

Title: Method of making nanostructured glass-ceramic waste forms

A waste form for and a method of rendering hazardous materials less dangerous is disclosed that includes fixing the hazardous material in nanopores of a nanoporous material, reacting the trapped hazardous material to render it less volatile/soluble, and vitrifying the nanoporous material containing the less volatile/soluble hazardous material.

Inventors:: Gao, Huizhen; Wang, Yifeng; Rodriguez, Mark A.; Bencoe, Denise N.

Issue Date:: 2014-07-08

OSTI Identifier:: 1137199

Assignee:: Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, NM) SNL

Patent Number(s):: 8,772,566

Application Number:: 13/679,340

Contract Number:: AC04-94AL85000

Research Org:: SNL (Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), Albuquerque, NM, and Livermore, CA (United States))

Sponsoring Org:: USDOE

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE

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