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VIDRIO BOROSILICATO [2 records]

Record 1 2000-12-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Glass
  • Lighting
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Nuclear Waste Materials
DEF

Heat and chemical-resisting glass based on the fusion of silica-borax mixtures to produce complex polymers of sodium borosilicate.

CONT

Solidification of radioactive wastes into borosilicate glass.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sortes de verre
  • Éclairage
  • Électrotechnique
  • Déchets nucléaires
DEF

Verre contenant un borosilicate.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tipos de vidrio
  • Iluminación
  • Electrotecnia
  • Desechos nucleares
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Record 2 1996-06-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Waste Management
  • Nuclear Waste Materials
CONT

In Europe a program of full-scale solidification into borosilicate glass began in 1978 in France (Atelier de Vitrification de Marcoule, AVM) ....

OBS

See also "glass matrix".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion des déchets
  • Déchets nucléaires
OBS

Les déchets sont conditionnés d'après leur catégorie : - les "très haute activité" sont mis sous forme de verre borosilicaté, suivant le procédé en exploitation depuis 1978 à l'atelier de vitrification de Marcoule.

OBS

Plusieurs procédés de solidification ont été étudiés, mais le seul conduisant à un solide stable aisément stockable et ayant atteint le stade industriel est la vitrification (verres au borosilicate).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Gestión de los desechos
  • Desechos nucleares
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