BARC/PUB/2019/1041

 
 

Effect of uranium oxide loading on the enthalpy increment (DH) and heat capacity (Cp) values of modified borosilicate glass for radwaste immobilisation

 
     
 
Author(s)

Praveena, N.; Maji, B. K.; Jena, H.
(BARCF-K)

Source

Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, 2019. Vol. 136: pp. 697-701

ABSTRACT

Enthalpy increments (ΔH) of alkali borosilicate glasses (BSG) with and without uranium oxide were measured by drop calorimetry. The heat capacity (Cp) of these two glasses was computed from a fitted 4-term polynomial a + bT + cT2 + d/T. Cp values were found to be 0.80–1.00 J g-1 K-1 and 0.83–1.13 J g-1 K-1 at the temperature range of T = 298–723 K for BSG (GM11) and UO3-loaded BSG (GM12), respectively. The heat capacity of borosilicate glass (BSG) GM11 and BSG-U (GM12) was also measured by DSC method and found to be 0.90–1.32 J g-1 K-1 and 0.84–1.19 J g-1 K-1 at the temperature range T = 320–760 K. The results were discussed based on the experimental findings.

 
 
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