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- Director of Molecular Chemistry Division -
Kazuo TORII, Dr.Eng.

Name: Kazuo TORII
Position: Director
Degree: Doctor of Engineering

Field and main subject of present research

  1. Research on Synthesis and Utilization of Expandable Layer Compounds
  2. Research on Producing Technique of Synthetic Buffer Materials for Geological Disposal of High Level Nuclear Waste
Title of major publication and name of the journal

  1. Hydrothermal synthesis of interstratified lizardite/saponite, Journal of American Ceramic Society, 81, 447-449 (1998).
  2. Hydrothermal synthesis of smectite-like mesoporous materials, Journal of Porous Materials, 4, 261-268 (1997).
  3. The catalytic activity of platinum-loaded porous smectite-like clay minerals containing different divalent cations for butane hydrogenolysis and ethylene hydrogeration, Journal Catalysis, 161, 704-712 (1996).
Societies and associations

  1. The Clay Minerals Society
  2. The Clay Science Society of Japan
  3. The Ceramic Society of Japan
  4. The Chemical Society of Japan
  5. Japan Association of Zeolite
Academic award

  1. The Prize of the Science and Technology Agency (1992).
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