Patent ID: 6624103
Filing Date: 2003-09-23
Classification: C03C,Y10S

Abstract:
An alkali oxide-lime-silica glass suitable for immobilizing radioactive, hazardous, or mixed waste, consisting essentially of:(a) SiO2 in an amount ranging from about 46 wt % to about 66 wt %; (b) CaO in an amount ranging from about 5 wt % to about 28 wt %; (c) Na2O in an amount ranging from about 1.9 wt % to about 25 wt %; (d) Li2O in an amount ranging from about 3 wt % to about 11 wt %; and (e) a uranium oxide selected from the group consisting of U3O8 in the range from about 0.5 wt % to about 12 wt % and UO2 in an amount ranging from about 0.4 wt % to about 12 wt %.