Advances in materials science for environmental and energy technologies III

Content: Preface ix   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