Ceramic waste form process for immobilizing iodine in glass-bonded iodosodalite

....................................................................................................................................................... iii Acknowledgments ......................................................................................................................................... v Acronyms and Abbreviations ..................................................................................................................... vii 1.0 Introduction ....................................................................................................................................... 1.1 2.0 Experimental Methods ....................................................................................................................... 2.1 2.1 Glass binder fabrication ............................................................................................................ 2.1 2.2 ACWF fabrication ..................................................................................................................... 2.1 2.3 Powder X-ray diffraction .......................................................................................................... 2.2 2.4 Scanning electron microscopy and energy dispersive spectroscopy ......................................... 2.2 2.5 Density and porosity.................................................................................................................. 2.2 2.5.1 Pycnometry..................................................................................................................... 2.2 2.5.2 Archimedes’ technique ................................................................................................... 2.2 3.0 Results ............................................................................................................................................... 3.1 3.1 Microstructure and chemistry (SEM-EDS) ............................................................................... 3.1 3.2 Phase distribution (P-XRD) ...................................................................................................... 3.3 3.3 Porosity and density .................................................................................................................. 3.5 4.0 Discussion .......................................................................................................................................... 4.1 5.0 Summary and Conclusions ................................................................................................................ 5.1 6.0 References ......................................................................................................................................... 6.1

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