- Author
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Blcok-Bolton, A.
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Olson, D.
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Persson, P. A.
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Sandstrom, F.
- Title
- Polyethylene Waste Form Evaluation of Explosion and Fire Hazards. Final Report.
- Coporate
- New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM
- Sponsor
- Los Alamos National Lab., NM
- Report
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CETR Report FR-91-03; LA-SUB-93-21
June 8, 1991
74 p.
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Keywords
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polyethylenes
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waste disposal
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explosion hazards
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metal salts
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fire hazards
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thermal decomposition
- Abstract
- A proposed polyethylene waste form consists of a hot-extruded, non-porous mix of equal weights of polyethylene and granular sodium nitrate, slightly contaminated with heavy metal salts. The experiments and theoretical analysis detailed in this report were done to evaluate the risks for self-accelerating thermal decomposition, explosion, and detonation of polyethylene mixed with sodium nitrate. The study included the proposed waste form as specified and also several deviations from the specified composition and density, which could conceivably occur as a result of deficiencies in processing.