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Uncertainty in the Surface Area of Crushed Glass in Rate Calculations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 April 2015

William L. Ebert
Affiliation:
Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL, U.S.A
Charles L. Crawford
Affiliation:
Savannah River National Laboratory, Aiken, SC, U.S.A.
Carol M. Jantzen
Affiliation:
Savannah River National Laboratory, Aiken, SC, U.S.A.
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Abstract

Series of 7-day Product Consistency Tests (PCTs) were conducted with ARM-1 glass using the -100+200 mesh size fraction and several sub-fractions to measure the sensitivity of the test response to the distribution of particle sizes. Separate samples were prepared for testing by dry sieving and wet sieving, and the particle size distributions and PCT responses were measured for each fraction. Triplicate tests were conducted at 90 °C using a water/glass mass ratio of 10.0 with each size fraction. Test results are evaluated regarding the sensitivity of the test response to the particle size distributions and, conversely, the uncertainty due to calculating the surface areas (and dissolution rates) by modeling the particles as spheres. These analyses show the solution feedback effects of dissolved glass constituents (i.e., the reaction affinity) counteract the effects of the glass surface areas provided by different particle size distributions on the test response. The opposing effects of the surface area on the amount of glass dissolved and on the glass dissolution rate moderate the sensitivity of the PCT response to the particle size distribution.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2015 

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