Glenn McRae

• Ph.D., University of British Columbia, P.Eng.
• 3150 Mackenzie, Carleton University
• 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, ON, K1S 5B6
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Research Interests:

Delayed Hydride Cracking of Zirconium alloys used in the Nuclear Industry:

• Delayed hydride cracking of zirconium components used in CANDU reactors: corrosion and terminal solid solubility of hydrogen isotopes; hydride dissolution and movement of hydrogen in solid solution, fitness-for-service calculations; low temperature hydrogen addition to zirconium alloys.

With O. Basu in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Alexis Mackintosh at PCS Biofuels Inc, and Peter Brown at Mevex Corp:

• Polymeric high-energy biofuels from municipal, agricultural and forestry wastes
• Design and construction of medium-scale biofuel reactors
• Conversion of cellulosic biomass into biofuel with electron beams

With R. Liu in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering:

• Failure investigations of hard-facing alloys used to trim feedwater valves on boilers containing dilute amine solutions

With Best Theratroncis Ltd.:

• Mo-100 targets for cyclotron production of Tc-99m for nuclear medical imaging
• Commercial Separation and Purification of Tc-99m from irradiated Mo-100 targets