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Microwave Energy for Waste Remediation Applications

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2011

R. L. Schulz ,
D. C. Folz ,
D. E. Clark  and
G. G. Wicks
R. L. Schulz
Affiliation:
Dept. of Materials Science & Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611
D. C. Folz
Affiliation:
Dept. of Materials Science & Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611
D. E. Clark
Affiliation:
Dept. of Materials Science & Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611
G. G. Wicks
Affiliation:
Westinghouse Savannah River Technology Center, Aiken, SC 29802
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Abstract

Results of research on the use of microwave energy for several waste remediation applications are discussed. Studies include; processing of simulated nuclear waste glass frits, the destruction/vitrification of electronic circuitry from commercial and defense applications, the decomposition of organic compounds and the possible use of microwave energy in off-gassing operations during the ashing of electronic circuitry. Results of leach tests on simulated nuclear waste glass are presented as well as results from preliminary tests on organic wastes.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 347: Symposium O – Microwave Processing of Materials IV , 1994 , 401
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1994

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