Effect of Cooling Rate, Thermal Expansion, and Waste Loading on Glass Fracture

Kessler, J.L.

Savannah River Site (S.C.)

关键词: Fractures;    Surface Area;    Waste Forms;    36 Materials Science;    Radioactive Wastes;   

DOI  :  10.2172/804679
RP-ID  :  DPST-82-490
RP-ID  :  AC09-76SR00001
RP-ID  :  804679

美国|英语

来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

When waste glass is poured into metal canisters, it fractures, primarily due to temperature gradients induced during cooling. A technique to quantitatively determine the additional glass surface area due to fracture was developed based on this study.