Chemical Technology Division, Annual technical report, 1991

Technical Report · Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 1992

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5275494· OSTI ID:5275494

Highlights of the Chemical Technology (CMT) Division's activities during 1991 are presented. In this period, CMT conducted research and development in the following areas: (1) electrochemical technology, including advanced batteries and fuel cells; (2) technology for fluidized-bed combustion and coal-fired magnetohydrodynamics; (3) methods for treatment of hazardous and mixed hazardous/radioactive waste; (4) the reaction of nuclear waste glass and spent fuel under conditions expected for an unsaturated repository; (5) processes for separating and recovering transuranic elements from nuclear waste streams; (6) recovery processes for discharged fuel and the uranium blanket in the Integral Fast Reactor (IFR); (7) processes for removal of actinides in spent fuel from commercial water-cooled nuclear reactors and burnup in IFRs; and (8) physical chemistry of selected materials in environments simulating those of fission and fusion energy systems. The Division also conducts basic research in catalytic chemistry associated with molecular energy resources; chemistry of superconducting oxides and other materials of interest with technological application; interfacial processes of importance to corrosion science, catalysis, and high-temperature superconductivity; and the geochemical processes involved in water-rock interactions occurring in active hydrothermal systems. In addition, the Analytical Chemistry Laboratory in CMT provides a broad range of analytical chemistry support services to the technical programs at Argonne National Laboratory (ANL).

• Research Organization: Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-31109-ENG-38
• OSTI ID: 5275494
• Report Number(s): ANL-92/15; ON: DE92014059
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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PHYSICAL AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
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11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS
30 DIRECT ENERGY CONVERSION
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CATHODES
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COLLOIDS
COMPUTERS
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CONTAMINATION
CORROSION
DESORPTION
ELECTRIC BATTERIES
ELECTRODYNAMICS
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GASEOUS WASTES
GEOCHEMISTRY
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LITHIUM
MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS
MIXTURES
MOLECULAR SIEVES
MOLTEN CARBONATE FUEL CELLS
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OXIDATION
PETROLEUM
PHASE STUDIES
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SOILS
SPENT FUELS
THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY
THERMONUCLEAR REACTORS
TRITIUM
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VISCOSITY
WASTE FORMS
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ADSORBENTS
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DOCUMENT TYPES
ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS
ELECTRODES
ELEMENTS
ENERGY SOURCES
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