scholarly journals The fate of Si and Fe while nuclear glass alters with steel and clay

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Carriere ◽  
P. Dillmann ◽  
S. Gin ◽  
D. Neff ◽  
L. Gentaz ◽  
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AbstractThe French concept developed to dispose high-level radioactive waste in geological repository relies on glassy waste forms, isolated from the claystone host rock by steel containers. Understanding interactions between glass and surrounding materials is key for assessing the performance of a such system. Here, isotopically tagged SON68 glass, steel and claystone were studied through an integrated mockup conducted at 50 °C for 2.5 years. Post-mortem analyses were performed from nanometric to millimetric scales using TEM, STXM, ToF-SIMS and SEM techniques. The glass alteration layer consisted of a crystallized Fe-rich smectite mineral, close to nontronite, supporting a dissolution/reprecipitation controlling mechanism for glass alteration. The mean glass dissolution rate ranged between 1.6 × 10−2 g m−2 d−1 to 3.0 × 10−2 g m−2 d−1, a value only 3–5 times lower than the initial dissolution rate. Thermodynamic calculations highlighted a competition between nontronite and protective gel, explaining why in the present conditions the formation of a protective layer is prevented.

1991 ◽  
Vol 257 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.L. Dussossoy ◽  
C. Dubois ◽  
E. Vernaz ◽  
A. Chambaudet

ABSTRACTThe influence of the surface finish on nuclear glass dissolution was investigated. Seven different surface finishes were tested: a specimen as cut, three specimens polished with 220, 600 and 4000 mesh SiC paper and one with 1 μm diamond powder, a flame-polished specimen and a thermal rupture specimen.The initial glass corrosion rates were measured after 7 and 28 days of Soxhlet leaching at 100°C. The surface finish of each glass coupon was also assessed by three-dimensional analysis before and after leaching for 28 days. Leaching solution analyses showed that the mean apparent leach rate for the first 7 days was highly dependent on the surface finish: the measured rates ranged from 3.8·g.m-2d-1 for the as-cut specimen to 1.3 g·m-2d-1 for the flamepolished specimen. The differences in the leach rates diminished considerably after 28 days of leaching: the mean rate measured between 7 and 28 days for the as-cut and polished specimens was identical (1.7 g·m-2d-1), but was still lower for the remaining two specimens. Three-dimensional surface analysis showed that leaching revealed surface defects (superficial microcracks) produced by cutting or polishing. These effects were less perceptible on the flame-polished or thermally ruptured specimens. The actual surface area of the cut and polished specimens exceeded the apparent geometrical area.In another experiment, the leach rates measured for as-cut specimens and flamepolished specimens were measured over periods of five months or more using a thermogravity balance placed above the Soxhlet device. The experiment confirmed the existence of an initial period during which the dissolution rate for the as-cut specimen was much higher than the mean corrosion rate.


2002 ◽  
Vol 757 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seung-Young Jeong ◽  
William L. Ebert

ABSTRACTShort-term static tests were conducted with a surrogate high-level waste glass to measure the effects of pH and dissolved iron on the glass dissolution rate. The tests were conducted to determine if a term to account for the effects of dissolved iron is needed in the glass degradation model developed for Total System Performance Assessment (TSPA) calculations for the Yucca Mountain disposal system license application. The glass degradation model includes terms for dependencies on temperature, pH, and chemical affinity. A series of tests was conducted at 90 °C in various pH solutions without iron and with added FeCl3, Fe2O3, Fe3O4, and FeOOH. Tests were conducted at glass surface area/solution volume (S/V) ratios about 2 and 10 m-1for between 2 and 21 days. Solution concentrations of boron were used to measure the extent of reaction and calculate the glass dissolution rates. Similar rates were measured in tests conducted with and without iron at each pH. Both the results of the tests with and without iron showed V-shaped pH dependence curves with minima at near-neutral pH values. The pH dependencies (η) are about 0.44 in basic solutions and –0.49 in acidic solutions, based on the combined results of tests with and without iron. These are within the range of values for the pH dependence in the TSPA model for site recommendation.


2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (12) ◽  
pp. 75-80
Author(s):  
Regina E. Gloria ◽  
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Ph. D Mary Jane D. Fuentes ◽  
DPA Zenaida O. Vitasa Ed. D. ◽  
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...  

Knowing the number of pathogenic microbes in the street foods such as Escherichia coli, coliform, and molds present in street foods around the vicinity of LSPU – SCC was the focused of the study. Determination of the quality of the street foods such as banana cue, kikiam, kwek – kwek, minane, and siomai of which has a high level of safety in the street food around the vicinity of LSPU – SCC were considered. This study utilized the Descriptive research design and the mean in testing and gathering of data. The results reveled that all the street foods tested were safe from E. coli with the mean of ocfu/g and all at lss than 10 cfu/g or 0 count which gathered Satisfactory remarks. However, the findings revealed that the banana cue, minane and siomai were safe from coliform while kwek and kikiam were not with a value of 2800 cfu/g. In addition, all the street foods tested were safe from molds and the total mean of all the microbes present were 987.47 cfu/g which means that the street foods were Unsatisfactory level with 100cfu/g and above count and revealed that only banana cue, minane, and siomai are safe for human consumption while large amount of microbes were found in kikiam, and kwek -kwek which means that they are not safe for human and may cause disease.


1973 ◽  
Vol 72 (2) ◽  
pp. 265-271 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. H. Dussault ◽  
D. A. Fisher ◽  
J. T. Nicoloff ◽  
V. V. Row ◽  
R. Volpe

ABSTRACT In order to determine the effect of alterations in binding capacity of thyroxine binding globulin (TBG) on triiodothyronine (T3) metabolism, studies were conducted in 10 patients with idiopathically low (7 subjects) or elevated (3 subjects) TBG levels and 10 subjects given norethandrolone (7 male subjects) or oestrogen (3 female subjects). Measurements of serum thyroxine (T4) concentration, maximal T4 binding capacity, serum T3 concentration and per cent dialyzable T3 were conducted. Serum T3 was measured both by chemical and radioimmunoassay methods. In patients with idiopathically low TBG, the mean serum T4 concentration was low (2.4 μg/100 ml), the mean serum T3 level low (55 ng/100 ml), the mean per cent dialyzable T3 increased (0.52%), and the calculated free T3 concentration normal (186 pg/100 ml). In patients with idiopathically high TBG levels the mean T4 concentration was high (10.3 μg/100 ml), the mean T3 level slightly elevated (127 ng/100 ml), the% dialyzable T3 low (0.10%) and the calculated free T3 concentration low normal (123 pg/100 ml). The correlation coefficient between the per cent dialyzable T3 and maximal TBG binding capacity in the 20 subjects was 0.68, a value significant at the P < 0.01 level. Thus, alterations in binding capacity of TBG seem to influence T3 and T4 metabolism similarly; the inverse relationship between the % of dialyzable hormone and total hormone concentration tends to keep the absolue levels of free hormones stable.


2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Danilo Carmona ◽  
Pablo Jaque ◽  
Esteban Vöhringer-Martinez

<div><div><div><p>Peroxides play a central role in many chemical and biological pro- cesses such as the Fenton reaction. The relevance of these compounds lies in the low stability of the O–O bond which upon dissociation results in radical species able to initiate various chemical or biological processes. In this work, a set of 64 DFT functional-basis set combinations has been validated in terms of their capability to describe bond dissociation energies (BDE) for the O–O bond in a database of 14 ROOH peroxides for which experimental values ofBDE are available. Moreover, the electronic contributions to the BDE were obtained for four of the peroxides and the anion H2O2− at the CBS limit at CCSD(T) level with Dunning’s basis sets up to triple–ζ quality provid- ing a reference value for the hydrogen peroxide anion as a model. Almost all the functionals considered here yielded mean absolute deviations around 5.0 kcal mol−1. The smallest values were observed for the ωB97 family and the Minnesota M11 functional with a marked basis set dependence. Despite the mean deviation, order relations among BDE experimental values of peroxides were also considered. The ωB97 family was able to reproduce the relations correctly whereas other functionals presented a marked dependence on the chemical nature of the R group. Interestingly, M11 functional did not show a very good agreement with the established order despite its good performance in the mean error. The obtained results support the use of similar validation strategies for proper prediction of BDE or other molecular properties by DF Tmethods in subsequent related studies.</p></div></div></div>


Author(s):  
V. Dodokhov ◽  
N. Pavlova ◽  
T. Rumyantseva ◽  
L. Kalashnikova

The article presents the genetic characteristic of the Chukchi reindeer breed. The object of the study was of the Chukchi reindeer. In recent years, the number of reindeer of the Chukchi breed has declined sharply. Reduced reindeer numbers could lead to biodiversity loss. The Chukchi breed of deer has good meat qualities, has high germination viability and is adapted in adverse tundra conditions of Yakutia. Herding of the Chukchi breed of deer in Yakutia are engaged only in the Nizhnekolymsky district. There are four generic communities and the largest of which is the agricultural production cooperative of nomadic tribal community «Turvaurgin», which was chosen to assess the genetic processes of breed using microsatellite markers: Rt6, BMS1788, Rt 30, Rt1, Rt9, FCB193, Rt7, BMS745, C 143, Rt24, OheQ, C217, C32, NVHRT16, T40, C276. It was found that microsatellite markers have a wide range of alleles and generally have a high informative value for identifying of genetic differences between animals and groups of animal. The number of identified alleles is one of the indicators of the genetic diversity of the population. The total number of detected alleles was 127. The Chukchi breed of deer is characterized by a high level of heterozygosity, and the random crossing system prevails over inbreeding in the population. On average, there were 7.9 alleles (Na) per locus, and the mean number of effective alleles (Ne) was 4.1. The index of fixation averaged 0.001. The polymorphism index (PIC) ranged from 0.217 to 0.946, with an average of 0.695.


2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 56-66
Author(s):  
Irma Linda

Background: Early marriages are at high risk of marital failure, poor family quality, young pregnancies at risk of maternal death, and the risk of being mentally ill to foster marriage and be responsible parents. Objective: To determine the effect of reproductive health education on peer groups (peers) on the knowledge and perceptions of adolescents about marriage age maturity. Method: This research uses the Quasi experimental method with One group pre and post test design, conducted from May to September 2018. The statistical analysis used in this study is a paired T test with a confidence level of 95% (α = 0, 05). Results: There is an average difference in the mean value of adolescent knowledge between the first and second measurements is 0.50 with a standard deviation of 1.922. The mean difference in mean scores of adolescent perceptions between the first and second measurements was 4.42 with a standard deviation of 9.611. Conclusion: There is a significant difference between adolescent knowledge on the pretest and posttest measurements with a value of P = 0.002, and there is a significant difference between adolescent perceptions on the pretest and posttest measurements with a value of p = 0.001. Increasing the number of facilities and facilities related to reproductive health education by peer groups (peers) in adolescents is carried out on an ongoing basis at school, in collaboration with local health workers as prevention of risky pregnancy.


Clay Minerals ◽  
1987 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 329-337 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Torrent ◽  
U. Schwertmann ◽  
V. Barron

AbstractThe reductive dissolution by Na-dithionite of 28 synthetic goethites and 26 hematites having widely different crystal morphologies, specific surfaces and aluminium substitution levels has been investigated. For both minerals the initial dissolution rate per unit of surface area decreased with aluminium substitution. At similar aluminium substitution and specific surface, goethites and hematites showed similar dissolution rates. These results suggest that preferential, reductive dissolution of hematite in some natural environments, such as soils or sediments, might be due to the generally lower aluminium substitution of this mineral compared to goethite.


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