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Non-Invasive Determination of Waste Drum Pressurization by Acoustic Resonance Spectroscopy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 February 2011

Dipen N. Sinha  and
Stanley T. Kosiewicz
Dipen N. Sinha
Affiliation:
Electronic Materials & Device Research Group, MS D429
Stanley T. Kosiewicz
Affiliation:
Environmental Restoration Group, MS K570 Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545
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Abstract

Preliminary work suggests that Acoustic Resonance Spectroscopy (ARS) can non-invasively determine gas pressurization of waste drums. This is done by exciting the various mechanical vibrational modes of the test drum and analyzing the characteristics of the resulting resonance frequencies and their higher harmonics. If the contained waste is a liquid, the liquid level and also some properties of the liquid including density can be determined. Additional work is needed to exploit this novel acoustic technique for noninvasive characterization of waste storage drums.

Type
Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 333: Symposium V – Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management XVII , 1993 , 253
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 1994

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