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Solidify Properties of Radioactive Waste using Paraffin Wax  

Lee, Han Chul (Department of Chemical Engineering, Inha University)
Chang, Yoon Ho (Department of Chemical Engineering, Inha University)
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Applied Chemistry for Engineering / v.17, no.4, 2006 , pp. 391-396 More about this Journal
Abstract
When radioactive wastewater was solidified treatment by cement, the drying rate of cement and the volume reduction ratio was decreased because of boric acid component in the wastewater. In order to supplement the demerit, effects of paraffin wax investigated in this study. Paraffin wax has a hydrophobic properties and a low affinity with inorganic materials. When the radioactive wastewater was tested by a small of wax, the compressive strength of solidified waste are decreased Therefore boric acid in radioactive wastewater are first treated by alkali salt and coated by the stearic acid. During the solidification step, The amount of paraffin wax addition get the result that the compressive strength of solidification with cement was the same as that with paraffin wax. The leaching properties of radioactive waste solidified was the same CFL (cumulative fraction leached), PR (penetration rate), effective diffusivity if paraffin wax content in solidified waste was 20% or 25%.
Keywords
paraffin wax; radioactive waste; stearic acid; solidification; compressive strength;
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