Performance assessment of refractory samples in the Los Alamos Controlled Air Incinerator

Conference · Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1986

OSTI ID:6146157

Hutchins, D A; Borduin, L C; Koenig, R A; Vavruska, J S; Warner, C L

A refractory evaluation project was initiated in 1979 to study the performance of six selected refractory materials within the Los Alamos Controlled Air Incinerator (CAI). Determining refractory resistance to thermal shock, chemical attack, and plutonium uptake was of particular interest. The experimental refractories were subjected to a variety of waste materials, including transuranic (TRU) contaminated wastes, highly chlorinated compounds and alkaline metal salts of perchlorate, chlorate, nitrate and oxylate, over the six year period of this study. Results of this study to date indicate that the use of high alumina, and possibly specialty plastic refractories, is advisable for the lining of incinerators used for the thermal destruction of diverse chemical compounds. 12 refs., 4 tabs.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-36
• OSTI ID: 6146157
• Report Number(s): LA-UR-86-615; CONF-860317-19; ON: DE86007381
• Resource Relation: Conference: Waste management '86, Tucson, AZ, USA, 2 Mar 1986; Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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