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Effect of glass powder & polypropylene fibers on compressive and flexural strengths, toughness and ductility of concrete: An environmental approach

Today a wide variety of tools and instruments are made from glass, and they need recycling after being wasted. However, their recycling process could harm the environment. In order to increase concrete ductility and strength against the flexural and compressive loads, one could implement polypropylene fibers to reduce the problems associated with concrete brittleness. In this study, in addition to adopting the environmental sustainability approach and applying glass powder, polypropylene fibers are used. In order to investigate the effect of using glass powder alongside fibers, different compression and flexural beam specimens are made and tested. The rates of used glass are 20, 25, and 30%, and the rates of used fibers are 0.5, 0.75, 1, 1.5, and 2%. Considering the amount of fiber and used waste glass powder, 24 types of compression specimens with dimensions of 15 × 15 × 15 cm and 12 types of flexural beam specimens with dimensions of 50 × 15 × 15 cm were prepared. Based on the test results, the best rate for glass is 25% which causes an increase in the compressive and flexural strengths of the concrete. Also, simultaneous use of 25% glass and 1.5% fibers results in best flexural and compressive strengths of concrete. Simultaneous use of waste glass powder (25%) and fibers (1.5%) improves the compressive strength, flexural toughness, and ductility in the beams by about 1.6, 4, and 13.2 times, respectively.

Information method for control of green glass production

Objectives. The technological process for the production of sheet glass by the float method is continuous and large-scale. Most European cars (up to 90%) are factory-tinted green; the bulk of the glass is painted in the desired color during the production process. The introduction of modern information technologies and digitalization has opened up opportunities for a significant increase in the efficiency of glass production. Accounting for the amount of drawn and cut glass allows you to evaluate an important indicator of the production work—the glass utilization rate, which determines the percentage of quality glass in the total output. The yield of the quality glass depends on the technological waste in the production process. To assess the effect of waste arising at the production stages on the glass utilization rate, an analysis of the statistical data of the float line operation was carried out. These statistical data differ from the normal law of probability distribution, which limits the use of traditional statistical control methods. Regression models do not always give an accurate mathematical description of the process since the variance of the conditional mathematical expectation of the output variable relative to the input is not a consistent characteristic of the relationship between the input and output variables. The purpose of this work is to study the application of information modeling theory for the analysis and control of the technological process of green glass production in terms of its utilization rate.Methods. The technique of modeling technological chains has some peculiarities with that for operations modeling. It analyzes operations to identify possible information links between parameters. Thus, the process of obtaining the utilization rate of green glass in the production process can be followed. This study analyzes the influence of the paired and triple interactions of waste on the process of affording the utilization rate of glass at the stages of green glass production.Results. Information modeling of the technological process of affording the utilization rate of green glass in the production process has been carried out. Informational analysis results in a conclusion about the sufficiency of the control of the utilization rate of green glass in the production process according to informatively related parameters—waste at the stages of glass melting, annealing, and flanging.Conclusions. The selected method of information control of the glass utilization rate can be used in quality management systems in the production of green glass by the float method.

Effect of CaF2 on fluorocarbon plasma resistance and thermal properties of CaO-Al2O3-SiO2 glasses

ABSTRACT The effect of CaF2 addition on plasma resistance and thermal properties of CaO-Al2O3-SiO2 (CAS) glasses was investigated. The amount of SiO2 and Al2O3 was fixed to 42.9 and 9.1 (in mol%), respectively, while total amount of CaO and CaF2 was 48 mol% and the ratios of CaO:CaF2 were changed from 10:0 to 8:2. As the amount of CaF2 of CAS glass increased, CF4/O2/Ar plasma etch rate of glass decreased proportionally. In case of sample with CaO:CaF2 = 8:2, its etch rate had 5.04 ± 0.14 ㎚/min, which was about 20 times lower than that of quartz glass and was improved by more than 25% compared to the glass without CaF2. All glass samples maintained the initial surface and roughness even after plasma etching. In addition, the glass transition (Tg), crystallization (Tc), and the first melting temperature (Tf1) temperatures decreased with the amount of increased CaF2. F− ion in CAS glasses not only enhances the plasma resistance but also facilitates glass melting and forming operations.

A Sampling Method for Semi-Quantitative and Quantitative Electron Microprobe Analysis of Glass Surfaces

ABSTRACTThe determination of the long-term stability and corrosion of vitrified nuclear waste is an important aspect of research for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). It is necessary to understand the rate and mechanisms of Nuclear Waste Glass (NWG) corrosion to determine whether or not the glassy matrix will be able to retain radionuclides for the required repository performance time period. Glass corrosion and the rate of glass corrosions is determined by both chemical and microscopy. Electron Microprobe Analysis (EPMA) is a common and powerful method utilized in the examination of the chemographic difference between corroded and uncorroded NGWs. In this work, two forms of quantitative and semi-quantitative EPMA methods are defined by optimizing the instruments counting statistics against a standard glass and NIST minerals that have compositions similar to the glasses under examination. Data collected on both the planar and cross-sectioned surfaces of an unaltered simulated NWG by Standard based Wavelength Dispersive Spectroscopy (WDS) was found to be comparable to the theoretical composition of the glass. Conventional standardless Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy (EDS) data collected on the same surfaces was not comparable. However, standard-based EDS analysis is shown to be able to discriminate between unaltered and corroded glass surfaces.

Multi-Sphere Mirror Design of YAG Laser Applied for Glass Substrate Cutting

A thermal fracture process applied to the brittle materials has become a foremost technology, and applied to cut the LCD glass substrate. One advantage of this process is that the cross-section of cut glass substrate will be smooth with low residual stress after thermal fracture processing. The multi-sphere mirror aims to repeatedly reflect the light energy within upper and lower mirror in order to enhance the laser beam absorption rate of glass under cutting. Moreover, with a proper design of multi-sphere mirror, the energy distribution of applied laser can provide an ideal thermal fracture condition to improve cutting speed of glass substrate. A novel reflective mirror with multi-sphere surface was developed and reported to transform the regular laser energy distribution toward the ideal one. Furthermore, the shape of multi-sphere mirror is optimized by Taguchi method so as to meet the surface requirement that can get the ideal energy distribution. This paper presents a series of simulation results and analysis results of multi-sphere mirror calculated by the TracePro opto-mechanical software.

Parametric Study of Micro Machining Three Dimensional Microstructure with the Tiny-Grinding Wheel Based on the EMR Effect

Electro-magneto-rheological (EMR) fluids, which exhibit Newtonian behavior in the absence of a magnetic field, are abruptly transformed within milliseconds into a Bingham plastic under an applied magnetic field, called the EMR effect. Based on this effect, the particle-dispersed EMR fluid is used as a special instantaneous bond to cohere abrasive particles and magnetic particles together so as to form a dynamical, flexible tiny-grinding wheel to machine micro-groove on the surface of optical glass. Experiments were conducted to reveal the effects of process parameters, such as the feed rate of the horizontal worktable, feeding of the Z axis, machining time and machining gap, on material removal rate of glass. The results indicate that the feed rate of the worktable at horizontal direction has less effect on material removal rate, which shows a fluctuation phenomenon within a certain range. The feed rate of the Z axis directly influences the machining gap and leads to a remarkable change on material removal rate. Larger material removal rate can be obtained when the feeding frequency of Z direction is one time per processing. With the increase of rotation speed of the tool, material removal rate increases firstly and decreases afterwards, and it gets the maximum value with the rotation speed of 4800 rev/min. The machining time is directly proportional to material removal amount, but inversely proportional to material removal rate. Furthermore, material removal rate decreases with the increase of the machining gap between the tool and the workpiece. On the basis of above, the machining mode with the tiny-grinding wheel based on the EMR effect is presented.

190 nm excimer laser drilling of glass slices: Dependence of drilling rate and via hole shape on the diameter of the via hole

The authors have investigated the effect of the via hole diameter on the laser drilling rate of glass as well as the shape of the drilled via holes. An Ar–F2 based 193nm UV excimer laser was used in this study. The via holes with a diameter of 120μm showed a 7.5°–9° angled, tapered side wall, and the drilling rate was relatively constant at around 17μm∕s. For the smaller via holes with diameters ranging from 30–80μm, significantly different results were obtained due to laser reflection from the tapered side wall of the via hole leading to the drilling rate being slightly increased and via hole becoming conical in shape. For the smallest via holes with an entrance diameter of 10μm, the resulting hole showed a very high aspect ratio, with a funnel shaped via hole and a significantly reduced drilling rate.

Temperature modeling of the molten glass in tin bath

Based on the experimental investigation by quantitative analysis, temperature fields of the molten glass in tin bath were numerically simulated by the finite elememt method. The experimental results show that the cooling rate of glass is directly proportional to the draught speed, but inversely proportional to the thickness of the glass. This model lays the foundation for computer simulation system about float glass.

Measurement of initial dissolution rate of P0798 simulated HLW glass by using micro-reactor flow-through test method

AbstractWe applied a new type of flow-through test method using micro-reactor consisting of a simple test apparatus with compact size to measurement of the dissolution rate of a Japanese type of simulated waste glass (P0798 glass). In this test method, a solution flows through a micro-channel (20 mm length, 2 mm width, 0.16 mm depth) in contact with a face of coupon shaped glass specimen, and the output solution is retrieved at certain intervals to be analyzed for determination of the glass dissolution rate. By using this test method the initial dissolution rate of glass matrix or forward dissolution rate was measured as a function of pH (3 to 11) and temperature (25°C to 90°C). The present test results indicated that the initial dissolution rate has ‘V-shaped’ pH dependence, and the effect of pH on the dissolution rate decreases with increase in temperature similar to the results measured by using the Single-pass flow-through (SPFT) method. The present test results also indicated that the dissolution of B is controlled by diffusion process and that of Si is controlled by surface reaction process.

Effect of heat treatment on the composition of surface layers in lithium silicate glass exposed to acid and salt solutions

The concentration distribution of lithium ions in the surface layers of the 27Li2O–73SiO2 (mol %) glass samples subjected and unsubjected to heat treatment under different conditions after exposure to 0.1 M HCl + y M LiCl (y = 0, 1.0, 5.0, and 10) solutions is studied by the HF-sectioning technique. It is found that the specific (“molded”) layer formed on the glass surface upon pouring of a glass melt into a cooled mold affects the leaching processes in both the initial and phase-separated glasses. In the absence of the molded layer, the leaching rate of the initial glass in the acid is lower than that of the phase-separated glass and higher than that of the crystallized glass. The leaching rate of the phase-separated and crystallized samples in the acid with an salt additive is higher than that of the initial salt. Chlorine ions in the acid solution bring about a weakening of the silicon–oxygen network. The profiles of the dissolution rate of glass in a 1% HF solution correlate with the concentration profiles of lithium.

Research Needs in HLW Disposal Programmes

ABSTRACTA repository for high-level radioactive waste (HLW) will not be in operation in Switzerland (or elsewhere) before the turn of the century. However, extensive investigations for disposal in specific regions or sites are ongoing and formal safety analyses have been performed in many countries. Broadly speaking, these analyses show the feasibility of the chosen options for deep geological disposal. At the present stage, before a licensing application, performance assessments have another important application: to identify further needs to improve system understanding, and to guide the necessary research activities. Performance assessments are thus indispensable tools for focussing in on research requirements and discriminating between necessary, and merely desirable or interesting, research projects.Based on experience from assessments of HLW disposal in the crystalline of Northern Switzerland (Project Gewähr, KRISTALLIN-I) we consider in detail the chain of models resulting from a scenario analysis. For each model block (e.g., engineered barrier performance, hydrology, radionuclide transport), the adequacy of understanding is addressed and the necessary research needs pointed out. These needs cover a wide span, from a requirement for more reliable input numbers (example: long-term corrosion rate of glass) to a better understanding of important features (example: excavation-damaged-zone) and key mechanisms (example: sorption).

Practical experience of increasing the drawing rate of glass

Practical experience of increasing the drawing rate of glass

Dependence of the hardening rate of glass on its chemical composition

Dependence of the hardening rate of glass on its chemical composition