Interim report cyanide safety studies

Technical Report · Fri Sep 30 00:00:00 EDT 1988

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5664674· OSTI ID:5664674

Burger, L L; Scheele, R D

Over the past few years several proposals have been prepared to investigate the potential hazard of ferrocyanide-nitrate reactions that may occur in some Hanford waste tanks. In 1988 Westinghouse Hanford Company (WHC) decided to perform some of the suggested experimental work. Based on the proposal submitted in July, 1988, it was agreed to do a portion of the work during FY 1988. This report summarizes the results of that work, provides a preliminary analysis of the results, and includes recommendations for further study. The work completed consists of a brief literature search, preparation and analysis of several cesium nickel ferrocyanide, Cs{sub 2}NiFe(CN){sub 6}, oxdiation studies using Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) and Thermogravimetry (TG), and small scale explosion tests.

• Research Organization: Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 5664674
• Report Number(s): PNL-7175; ON: DE92012168
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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PHYSICAL AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
FERROCYANIDES
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
NITRATES
TANKS
SAFETY ANALYSIS
CESIUM COMPOUNDS
EXPLOSIONS
HANFORD RESERVATION
HAZARDS
NICKEL COMPOUNDS
OXIDATION
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RADIOACTIVE WASTE STORAGE
THERMAL GRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS
ALKALI METAL COMPOUNDS
CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
COMPLEXES
CONTAINERS
DOCUMENT TYPES
GRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS
IRON COMPLEXES
MANAGEMENT
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
QUANTITATIVE CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT
STORAGE
THERMAL ANALYSIS
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TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS
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US ERDA
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