This study has been investigated to analyze the thermal stability of cesium reacted with fly ash with changing mole ratio of Cs/Al in hydrogen atmosphere. When the CsNO₃ and fly ash were reacted at 1000℃ in hydrogen atmosphere, cesium nepheline(Cs...
This study has been investigated to analyze the thermal stability of cesium reacted with fly ash with changing mole ratio of Cs/Al in hydrogen atmosphere. When the CsNO₃ and fly ash were reacted at 1000℃ in hydrogen atmosphere, cesium nepheline(CsAlSiO₄) phase began to emerge in addition to pollucite(CsAlSi₂O_6) phase when the cesium loading quantity was greater than 0.32(g-Cs₂O/g-fly ash). Cesium nepheline(CsAlSiO₄) phase increased with increasing cesium loading quantity. When cesium trapped on a fly ash was exposed to 1200℃ in hydrogen atmosphere, no weight loss due to the volatilization was shown until the cesium loading quantity was reached at 0.32(g-Cs₂O/g-fly ash). In the case of the cesium loading quantity of 0.48~0.74(g-Cs₂O/g-fly ash) in hydrogen atmosphere, the weight loss increased with increasing the cesium loading quantity. This is considered to be due to the cesium nepheline(CsAlSiO₄) whose vapor pressure is higher than that of pollucite(CsAlSiO_6).