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MATERIALS ISSUES IN NUCLEAR WASTE MANAGEMENT
Uptake of Uranium by Tungstic Acid 3
Hamed Albusaidi, Cory K. Perkins, and Allen W. Apblett
Electrical Conductivity Method for Monitoring Accumulation of Crystals 13
Matthew K. Edwards, Josef Matya?, Jarrod V. Crum, Charles C. Bonham, and Michael J. Schweiger
Crystallization in High Level Waste (HLW) Glass Melters: Savannah River Site Operational Experience 23
Kevin M. Fox, David K. Peeler, and Albert A. Kruger
Scoping Melting Studies of High Alumina Waste Glass Compositions 37
Jared O. Kroll, Michael J. Schweiger, John D. Vienna
Research-Scale Melter: An Experimental Platform for Evaluating Crystal Accumulation in High-Level Waste Glasses 49
Josef Matya?, Gary J. Sevigny, Michael J. Schweiger, and Albert A. Kruger
Characterization of High Level Nuclear Waste Glass Samples Following Extended Melter Idling 59
David K. Peeler, Kevin M. Fox, and Albert A. Kruger
Synthesis of Mineral Matrices Based on Enriched Zirconium Pyrochlore for Immobilization of Actinide-Containing Waste 73
K. Podbolotov and T. Barinova
Corrosion Evaluation of Melter Materials for Radioactive Waste Vitrification 83
Marissa M. Reigel, Ken J. Imrich, and Carol M. Jantzen
GREEN TECHNOLOGIES FOR MATERIALS MANUFACTURING AND PROCESSING
Green Flame Retardant Based on a Ceramic Precursor 99
Bhawani Regmi and Allen W. Apblett
Single-Source Precursor Approach to Barium Dimolybdate 109
Ahmed Moneeb Allen W. Apblett, Abdullah Al-Abdulrahman, and Abdulaziz Bagabas
Effects on Biomass Char Addition on Combustion Process of Pulverized Coal 117
Yi-ran Liu, Yingli , and Bingchang Li
A Comparative Analysis for Charpy Impact Energy in Polyester Composites Reinforced with Malva, Ramie and Curaua Fibers 127
Frederico Muylaert Margem, Andre Raeli Gomes, Luiz Gustavo Xavier Borges, and Sergio Neves Monteiro
Research on Simultaneous Injection of Waste Tires with Pulverized Coal for Blast Furnace 135
Bingji Yan, Jianliang Zhang, Hongwei Guo, and Feng Liu
Research on using Blast Furnace Slag to Produce Building Stone 145
Bingji Yan, Jianliang Zhang, Hongwei Guo, Zhiwen Shi, and Feng Liu
A Green Leaching Method of Decomposing Synthetic CaWO4 by HCl-H3PO4 in Tungsten Producing Process 157
Liang Liu and Jilai Xue
NANOTECHNOLOGY FOR ENERGY, HEALTHCARE AND INDUSTRY
Synthesis of Coated Nano Calcium Carbonate Particles and their Characterization 169
S. E. Benjamin and Farah Mustafa
Synthesis of TiO2 Nanostructures via Hydrothermal Method 177
Nursev Bilgin, Lutfi Agartan, Jongee Park, and Abdullah Ozturk
Carbon Nanotube-Based Impedimetric Biosensors for Bone Marker Detection 187
Mitali Patil, Madhumati Ramanathan, Vesselin Shanov, and Prashant N. Kumta
MATERIALS AND PROCESSES FOR CO2 CAPTURE, CONVERSION, AND SEQUESTRATION
High CO2 Permeation Flux Enabled by Al2O3 Modifier and In-Situ Infiltration of Molten Carbonate into Gd-Doped CeO2 as a CO2 Separation Membrane 197
Jingjing Tong, Zachary Bills, Lingling Zhang, Jie Fang, Minfang Han, and Kevin Huang
MATERIALS DEVELOPMENT FOR NUCLEAR APPLICATIONS AND EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS
Superplasticity in Ceramics at High Temperature 207
Michael Opoku, Raghunath Kanakala, and Indrajit Charit
Author Index 219
