Method for making glass

Technical Report · Tue Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1991

OSTI ID:6678062

Jantzen, C M

A method for making better quality molten (borosilicate and other) glass in a glass melter, the glass having the desired viscosity and, preferably, also the desired resistivity so that the glass melt can be established effectively and the product of the glass melter will have the desired level of quality. The method includes the adjustment of the composition of the a ass constituents that are fed into the melterin accordance with certain correlations that reliably predict the viscosity and resistivity from the melter temperature and the melt composition, then heating the ingredients to the melter's operating temperature until they melt and homogenize. The equations include the calculation of a non-bridging oxygen'' term from the numbers of moles of the various ingredients, and then the determination of the viscosity and resistivity from the operating temperature of the melter and the non-bridging oxygen term.

• Research Organization: Westinghouse Savannah River Co., Aiken, SC (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC09-89SR18035
• OSTI ID: 6678062
• Report Number(s): SRS-91-236; ON: DE93008558
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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BOROSILICATE GLASS
CERAMIC MELTERS
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
CORRELATIONS
ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY
ELECTRIC FURNACES
ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES
ENCAPSULATION
EQUATIONS
FURNACES
GLASS
MANAGEMENT
MANUFACTURING
OPTIMIZATION
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
PROCESSING
RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT
RADIOACTIVE WASTE PROCESSING
TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE
VISCOSITY
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTE PROCESSING