Method for the capture and storage of waste

Title: Method for the capture and storage of waste

Systems and methods for capturing waste are disclosed. The systems and methods provide for a high level of confinement and long term stability. The systems and methods include adsorbing waste into a metal-organic framework (MOF), and applying pressure to the MOF material's framework to crystallize or make amorphous the MOF material thereby changing the MOF's pore structure and sorption characteristics without collapsing the MOF framework.

Issue Date:: 2017-01-24

OSTI Identifier:: 1340536

Assignee:: Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, NM) SNL-A

Patent Number(s):: 9,552,897

Application Number:: 14/858,232

Contract Number:: AC04-94AL85000

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 2015 Sep 18

Research Org:: Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Org:: USDOE

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

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