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about the production process of uranium glass.
Crystal
Uranocircite is a rare but popular mineral among collectors who
seek uranium-bearing minerals.
Its square tabular crystals are distinctive from the members of the autunite/torbernite group
of minerals. Uranocircite's crystals are similar to other members of this group, but they tend to be flatter or not as tabular. Autunite can be difficult to distinguish from uranocircite by ordinary means.
The structure of uranocircite is composed of phosphate tetrahedrons linked to uranium-oxygen groups that form
distorted octahedrons. The phosphates and uranium groups
lie in sheets that are weakly held together by water molecules.
This structure produces the platy habit, the one perfect direction of cleavage, and the relative softness.
Liquid
Weighing and
distribution
Distillation to oxide
dissolve to liquid
Melt with glass
Glassblowing
2 cm
Diameter
50 cm Standard size
Glass Tubes
Batch processing system
Batch processing is one of the initial steps of the glass-making process. The batch house simply houses the raw materials in large silos (fed by truck or railcar) and holds anywhere from 1–5 days of material. Some batch systems include material processing such as raw material screening/sieve, drying, or pre-heating (i.e. cullet).
Furnace
The hot end of a glassworks is where the molten glass is formed into glass products, beginning when the batch is fed into the furnace at a slow, controlled rate by the batch processing system (batch house). The furnaces are natural gas- or fuel oil-fired, and operate at temperatures up to 1,575 °C(2,867 °F).
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