Claims
- 1. A waste treatment process comprising the steps of:
- (a) charging a reactor container with a reactant alloy comprising aluminum, magnesium, zinc, calcium, and copper;
- (b) isolating the reaction alloy in the reactant container from oxygen gas;
- (c) heating the reactant alloy in the reactor container to a minimum of the 770 degrees Celsius thereby placing the reactant alloy in a molten state;
- (d) introducing a waste material into the molten reactant alloy; and
- (e) maintaining the reactant alloy in the reactor container at a minimum of about 770 degrees Celsius.
- 2. The waste treatment process of claim 1 wherein the reactant alloy comprises:
- (a) between about 1% to 25% zinc;
- (b) between about 1% to 25% calcium;
- (c) between about 1% to 25% copper;
- (d) between about 10% to 70% magnesium; and
- (e) between about 10% to 70% aluminum.
- 3. The waste treatment process of claim 1 wherein the reactant alloy comprises:
- (a) 4% zinc;
- (b) 4% calcium;
- (c) 2% copper;
- (d) 50% magnesium; and
- (e) 40% aluminum.
- 4. The waste treatment process of claim 1 wherein the reactant alloy is maintained at a minimum temperature of about 800 degrees Celsius.
- 5. The waste treatment process of claim 1 further comprising the step of:
- (a) maintaining a layer of graphite at the surface of the molten reactant alloy.
- 6. A waste treatment process comprising the steps of:
- (a) charging a reactor container with a reactant alloy comprising aluminum, lithium, zinc, calcium, and copper;
- (b) isolating the reactant alloy in the reactor container from oxygen gas;
- (c) heating the reactant alloy in the reactor container to a minimum of the 770 degrees Celsius to place the reactant alloy in a molten state;
- (d) introducing a waste material into the molten alloy; and
- (e) maintaining the reactant alloy in the reactant container at a minimum of about 770 degrees Celsius.
- 7. The waste treatment process of claim 6 wherein the reactant alloy comprises:
- (a) between about 1% to 25% zinc;
- (b) between about 1% to 25% calcium;
- (c) between about 1% to 25% copper;
- (d) between about 10% to 70% lithium; and
- (e) between about 10% to 70% aluminum.
- 8. The waste treatment process of claim 6 wherein the reactant alloy comprises:
- (a) 1% zinc;
- (b) 7% calcium;
- (c) 7% copper;
- (d) 40% lithium; and
- (e) 45% aluminum.
- 9. The waste treatment process of claim 6 wherein the reactant alloy is maintained at a minimum temperature of about 900 degrees Celsius.
- 10. The waste treatment process of claim 6 further comprising the step of:
- (a) maintaining a layer of graphite at the surface of the molten reactant alloy.
RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation-in-part of Ser. No. 08/704,307, filed Oct. 15, 1996 entitled "Equipment for Using Molten Metal Reactive Media for the Treatment of Hazardous Waste", now U.S. Pat. No. 5,832,845 which is a continuation in part of Ser. No. 08/328,270 filed Oct. 3, 1994, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,564,351 which is a continuation in part of Ser. No. 08/319,640 filed Oct. 7, 1994 which is a continuation-in-part of Ser. No. 08/225,612, filed Apr. 11, 1994, entitled "Equipment and Process for Molten Alloy Pyrolysis of Hazardous Liquid Waste", now U.S. Pat. No. 5,461,991, which is a continuation-in-part of Ser. No. 08/103,122, filed Aug. 9, 1993, entitled "Equipment and Process for Waste Pyrolysis and Off Gas Oxidative Treatment", now U.S. Pat. No. 5,359,947, which is a continuation-in-part of Ser. No. 07/982,450, filed Nov. 27, 1992, entitled "Equipment and Process for Medical Waste Disintegration and Reclamation", now U.S. Pat. No. 5,271,341, which is a continuation-in-part of Ser. No. 07/669,756, filed Mar. 15, 1991, entitled "Waste Treatment and Metal Reactant Alloy Composition", now U.S. Pat. No. 5,167,919, which is a continuation-in-part of Ser. No. 07/524,278, filed May 16, 1990, entitled "Hazardous Waste Reclamation Process", now U.S. Pat. No. 5,000,101.
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