Method of making nanostructured glass-ceramic waste forms
US8334421B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 1, 2009 |
| Grant date | Dec 18, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 12, 2030 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG21F9/305
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A method of rendering hazardous materials less dangerous comprising trapping the hazardous material in nanopores of a nanoporous composite material, reacting the trapped hazardous material to render it less volatile/soluble, sealing the trapped hazardous material, and vitrifying the nanoporous material containing the less volatile/soluble hazardous material.
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