摘要 |
A method for chemically stabilizing a hydroxide sludge waste material (10) having at least one contaminant is provided. The method of the present invention involves combining one or more oxides formed from each contaminants (11) contained within the hydroxide sludge (10) with at least one ionic binder (12) and glass-making oxides (14) to form a glass-compatible mixture. This mixture is melted, causing each ionic binder (12) to form a glass-compatible oxide, thus forming a glass oxide melt (18). Upon cooling, the glass oxide melt (18) forms a glass composition (20) containing each contaminant alloyed within its chemical structure.
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