Simulating Radio Element Release and Water-Rock Interactions During Dissolution of Borosilicate Glass

1997 ◽  
Vol 506 ◽  
Author(s):  
A V Chambers ◽  
T G Heath ◽  
C M Linklater ◽  
A M Thompson ◽  
R M Wiggin

ABSTRACTA model has been developed that can simulate in some detail the chemistry of the glass dissolution process. To test the performance of the model, calculations were carried out to predict the dissolution behaviour of a commercial borosilicate glass. The model could reproduce accurately the behaviour of major elements released from the glass, although in the case of silica, ‘sorption’ at the glass surface was required in order to achieve good agreement with experimental data. Secondary reaction products sepiolite, montmorillonite, analcime and goethite were predicted to form. Further calculations were carried out to simulate the release of radioelements (caesium, strontium, uranium, plutonium) from within the dissolving glass. The precipitation of insoluble solids was the only mechanism included in the model to retain the radioelements at the glass surface. For plutonium, there was good agreement between model predictions and available experimental data. For caesium and strontium, the model underestimated the amount of retention at the glass surface and additional retention mechanisms, such as coprecipitation or ion exchange reactions involving newly-formed clay-type minerals at the glass surface must be invoked to explain experimental observation.

2016 ◽  
Vol 25 (09) ◽  
pp. 1650064 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. Huang ◽  
S. J. Zhu ◽  
J. H. Hamilton ◽  
A. V. Ramayya ◽  
E. H. Wang ◽  
...  

The level structure in neutron-rich [Formula: see text]Pd nucleus has been reinvestigated by measuring prompt [Formula: see text] rays emitted in the spontaneous fission of [Formula: see text]Cf. A two-phonon [Formula: see text]-vibrational band built on the 1639.3[Formula: see text]keV level is observed, which confirms the previous suggestion from a [Formula: see text]-decay experiment. Systematical comparison supports the assignment for a two-phonon [Formula: see text]-vibrational band in [Formula: see text]Pd. Triaxial projected shell model calculations for the multi-phonon [Formula: see text] bands of [Formula: see text]Pd are in good agreement with the experimental data.


2008 ◽  
Vol 23 (21) ◽  
pp. 3259-3262
Author(s):  
HO-MEOYNG CHOI

We present the magnetic dipole(M1) transitions V → Pγ of various heavy-flavored mesons such as [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] using the light-front quark model constrained by the variational principle for the QCD-motivated effective Hamiltonian. Our numerical results for the radiative decay widths are in good agreement with the available experimental data as well as other theoretical model calculations.


2018 ◽  
Vol 27 (06) ◽  
pp. 1850051
Author(s):  
E. H. Wang ◽  
J. H. Hamilton ◽  
A. V. Ramayya ◽  
R. Han ◽  
C. J. Zachary ◽  
...  

New transitions in neutron rich [Formula: see text]Y have been identified by analyzing the high statistics [Formula: see text]-[Formula: see text]-[Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text]-[Formula: see text]-[Formula: see text]-[Formula: see text] coincidence data from the spontaneous fission of [Formula: see text]Cf at the Gammasphere detector array. Shell model calculations were performed and are found in good agreement with experimental data. The ground state is nearly spherical but a new excited band has large deformation.


2020 ◽  
pp. 149-152

The energy states for the J , b , ɤ bands and electromagnetic transitions B (E2) values for even – even molybdenum 90 – 94 Mo nuclei are calculated in the present work of "the interacting boson model (IBM-1)" . The parameters of the equation of IBM-1 Hamiltonian are determined which yield the best excellent suit the experimental energy states . The positive parity of energy states are obtained by using IBS1. for program for even 90 – 94 Mo isotopes with bosons number 5 , 4 and 5 respectively. The" reduced transition probability B(E2)" of these neuclei are calculated and compared with the experimental data . The ratio of the excitation energies of the 41+ to 21+ states ( R4/2) are also calculated . The calculated and experimental (R4/2) values showed that the 90 – 94 Mo nuclei have the vibrational dynamical symmetry U(5). Good agreement was found from comparison between the calculated energy states and electric quadruple probabilities B(E2) transition of the 90–94Mo isotopes with the experimental data .


Author(s):  
V.P. Bondarenko ◽  
O.O. Matviichuk

Detail investigation of equilibrium chemical reactions in WO3–H2O system using computer program FacktSage with the aim to establish influence of temperature and quantity of water on formation of compounds of H2WO4 and WO2(OH)2 as well as concomitant them compounds, evaporation products, decomposition and dissociation, that are contained in the program data base were carried out. Calculations in the temperature range from 100 to 3000 °С were carried out. The amount moles of water added to 1 mole of WO3 was varied from 0 to 27. It is found that the obtained data by the melting and evaporation temperatures of single-phase WO3 are in good agreement with the reference data and provide additionally detailed information on the composition of the gas phase. It was shown that under heating of 1 mole single-phase WO3 up to 3000 °С the predominant oxide that exist in gaseous phase is (WO3)2. Reactions of it formation from other oxides ((WO3)3 and (WO3)4) were proposed. It was established that compound H2WO4 is stable and it is decomposed on WO3 and H2O under 121 °C. Tungsten Oxide Hydrate WO2(OH)2 first appears under 400 °С and exists up to 3000 °С. Increasing quantity of Н2О in system leads to decreasing transition temperature of WO3 into both liquid and gaseous phases. It was established that adding to 1 mole WO3 26 mole H2O maximum amount (0,9044–0,9171 mole) WO2(OH)2 under temperatures 1400–1600 °С can be obtained, wherein the melting stage of WO3 is omitted. Obtained data also allowed to state that that from 121 till 400 °С WO3–Н2O the section in the О–W–H ternary system is partially quasi-binary because under these temperatures in the system only WO3 and Н2O are present. Under higher temperatures WO3–Н2O section becomes not quasi-binary since in the reaction products WO3 with Н2O except WO3 and Н2O, there are significant amounts of WO2(OH)2, (WO3)2, (WO3)3, (WO3)4 and a small amount of atoms and other compounds. Bibl. 12, Fig. 6, Tab. 5.


Author(s):  
Alexander S. Lelekov ◽  
Rudolf P. Trenkenshu

The paper presents an example of the linear splines use to describe the photosynthesis light curves for microalgae culture. The main mathematical models of the relationship between photosynthesis rate and light are listed. Based on the previously formulated basic principles of modeling microalgae photobiosynthesis, a mathematical model is proposed that describes the dependence of the assimilation number of chlorophyll a on the value of the light flux by linear splines. The advantage of the proposed approach is a clear definition of the point of change of the limiting factor. It is shown that light-limited photosynthesis rate is determined not only by external irradiation, but also by the concentration of chlorophyll a. The light-saturated rate depends on the amount of a key enzyme complex, which limits the rate of energy exchange reactions in the cell. Verification of the proposed model on the example of the diatom microalgae Skeletonema costatum was carried out. It is shown that the higher the degree of cell adaptation to high irradiation, the better the photosynthesis curve is described by linear splines. If S. costatum cells are adapted to low irradiation, deviations of experimental data from the idealized broken line are observed, which are caused by changes in the pigment composition. When the experimental data are normalized, the cell adaptation factor is reduced, all points are described by a single broken line, which indicates the universality of the proposed approach.


1977 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 6-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. L. Browne

Abstract An analytical tool is presented for the prediction of the effects of changes in tread pattern design on thick film wet traction performance. Results are reported for studies in which the analysis, implemented on a digital computer, was used to determine the effect of different tread geometry features, among these being the number, width, and lateral spacing of longitudinal grooves and the angle of zigzags in longitudinal grooves, on thick film wet traction. These results are shown to be in good agreement with experimental data appearing in the literature and are used to formulate guidelines for tread groove network design practice.


2015 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 3224-3228
Author(s):  
Tarek El-Ashram

In this paper we derived a new condition of formation and stability of all crystalline systems and we checked its validity andit is found to be in a good agreement with experimental data. This condition is derived directly from the quantum conditionson the free electron Fermi gas inside the crystal. The new condition relates both the volume of Fermi sphere VF andvolume of Brillouin zone VB by the valence electron concentration VEC as ;𝑽𝑭𝑽𝑩= 𝒏𝑽𝑬𝑪𝟐for all crystalline systems (wheren is the number of atoms per lattice point).


1982 ◽  
Vol 14 (4-5) ◽  
pp. 253-256
Author(s):  
N Sriramula ◽  
M Chaudhuri

An investigation was undertaken on the removal of a model virus, bacterial virus MS2 against Escherichia coli, by sand filtration using untreated, and alum or cationic polyelectrolyte treated media, and uncoagulated as well as alum coagulated influent. Data on discrete virus removal were satisfactorily accounted for by electrokinetic phenomena and diffusion. For virus in association with turbidity, filter coefficients computed from experimental data were in good agreement with those predicted by mechanical straining and gravity settling which were the dominant mechanisms for removal of the turbidity particles to which the viruses attached.


1991 ◽  
Vol 56 (10) ◽  
pp. 2020-2029
Author(s):  
Jindřich Leitner ◽  
Petr Voňka ◽  
Josef Stejskal ◽  
Přemysl Klíma ◽  
Rudolf Hladina

The authors proposed and treated quantitatively a kinetic model for deposition of epitaxial GaAs layers prepared by reaction of trimethylgallium with arsine in hydrogen atmosphere. The transport of gallium to the surface of the substrate is considered as the controlling process. The influence of the rate of chemical reactions in the gas phase and on the substrate surface on the kinetics of the deposition process is neglected. The calculated dependence of the growth rate of the layers on the conditions of the deposition is in a good agreement with experimental data in the temperature range from 600 to 800°C.


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