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Production of Synroc Ceramics from Titanate Gel Microspheres

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 February 2011

Erden Sizgek ,
J.R. Bartlett ,
J.L. Woolfrey  and
E.R. Vance
Erden Sizgek
Affiliation:
Advanced Materials Program, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, Private Mail Bag 1, Menai N.S.W. 2234 Australia
J.R. Bartlett
Affiliation:
Advanced Materials Program, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, Private Mail Bag 1, Menai N.S.W. 2234 Australia
J.L. Woolfrey
Affiliation:
Advanced Materials Program, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, Private Mail Bag 1, Menai N.S.W. 2234 Australia
E.R. Vance
Affiliation:
Advanced Materials Program, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, Private Mail Bag 1, Menai N.S.W. 2234 Australia
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Synroc is a multi-component titanate ceramic, designed to immobilise High Level Waste (HLW) from nuclear fuel reprocessing plants [1]. Synroc precursor powders have been previously produced by various methods, such as oxide and alkoxide-hydrolysis routes [2]. However, various technological aspects of HLW processing make the use of free-flowing, dustfree, highly sinterable precursor powders desirable. Such powders have been produced by spray-drying colloidal precursors, yielding microspherical particles with controlled porosity.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 333: Symposium V – Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management XVII , 1993 , 305
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1994

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