Browsing by Author "Erenturk, Sema Akyil"

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Chemical Durability and Structural Analysis of Pbo-B2o3 Glasses and Testing for Simulated Radioactive Wastes
(Elsevier Science Bv, 2014) Erdogan, Cem; Bengisu, Murat; Erenturk, Sema Akyil
Lead borate based glass formulations with high chemical durability and lower melting temperatures compared to the currently used glasses were developed as candidates for the vitrification of radioactive waste. Properties including chemical durability, glass transformation temperature, and melting temperature were analyzed. The chemical durability of PbO-B2O3 glasses with PbO contents ranging from 30 to 80 mol% was determined. An average dissolution rate of 0.2 g m(-2) day(-1) was obtained for the composition 80PbO center dot 20B(2) O-3. These glasses were studied under simulation conditions and showed good potential as a vitrification matrix for radioactive waste management. Clear vitrified waste products containing up to 30 mol% SrO and 25 mol% Cs2O could be obtained. Leaching rates are about hundred times higher in low PbO glasses compared to high PbO glasses. These results are encouraging since they open up new horizons in the development of low melting temperature lead borate glass for waste immobilization applications. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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Evaluation of Sodium Borate Glasses for Radioactive Waste Immobilization Applications
(Springer, 2017) Erenturk, Sema Akyil; Bengisu, Murat; Erdogan, Cem
Properties of sodium borate glasses, including chemical durability, leaching rate, glass transformation temperature, and melting temperature were analyzed for waste immobilization applications. The lowest dissolution rate (1.6 x 10(-8) g cm(-2) min(-1)) among candidate sodium borate host glasses was achieved in 45Na(2)O center dot 5P(2)O(5)center dot 5PbO center dot 45B(2)O(3). Similarly, the lowest dissolution rate (5.5 x 10(-8) g cm(-2) min(-1)) for simulated waste glass compositions was achieved in 20SrO center dot 80(30Na(2)O center dot 60PbO center dot 10B(2)O(3)). Clear vitrified waste products containing up to 35 mol% SrO and 25 mol% Cs2O were obtained. Low melting temperatures ranging from 222 to 440 A degrees C were achieved in simulated waste glasses.