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Wasteglass formulation |
Learning the key sets of requirements that waste glass; Waste glass contains waste plus glass-forming and modifying additives that are selected in proprtions to satisfy the waste glass requirements. |
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Viscosity and Electrical Conductivity |
Effect of temperature and glass composition; measurement methods |
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Glass crystallization and liquidus temperature I |
learning crystallization and nucleation, phase equilibria, spinel, solid solutions, relationship between liquidus temperature and solubility |
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Glass crystallization and liquidus temperature II |
learning crystallization and nucleation, phase equilibria, spinel, solid solutions, relationship between liquidus temperature and solubility |
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Glass dissolution I |
Examining both of the congruent and incongruent glass dissolutions; water-glass reactions and glass durability |
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Glass dissolution II |
student presentation; reviewing and studying details on the glass dissolution |
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Students presentation on TGA introduction, DSC / Waste glass processing |
Explaining the functions of TGA and effects of it, measurement; Presenting DSC system and its operation / Glass forumlation |
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Melter feed II |
Review on melter feed; studying heat transfer aspect of the melter feed |
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Experimental Methods |
Studying thermal analysis: TGA and DCS, evolved gas analysis, X-ray diffraction, optical microscopy, electron microscopy |
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Volatilization |
Effects of diffusion and convection of gas and in melt (buoyancy-driven and surface-tension-driven) |
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Redox Equilibria |
Effects of temperature, melt basicity, and fining agents; generation and removal of gas bubbles |
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Settling of solids |
Growth and dissolution (Avrami and Hixson-Crowell equations), Stokes and Levich equations |
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Final exam preparation; Study of the Float Glass Melting Process: Combining Fluid Dynamics Simulation and Glass Homogeneity Inspection |
Explaining the rules of the final exam; Studying a research experiment from a journal article |
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