In:
MRS Proceedings, Springer Science and Business Media LLC, Vol. 757 ( 2002)
Abstract:
Transmission electron microscopy results from a sintered ceramics with stoichiometry of Ca(U 0.5 Ce 0.25 Hf 0.25 )Ti 2 O 7 show the material contains both pyrochlore and zirconolite phases and structural intergrowth of zirconolite lamellae within pyrochlore. (001) plane of zirconolite is parallel to (111) plane of pyrochlore because of their structural similarities. The pyrochlore is relatively rich in U, Ce, and Ca with respect to the coexisting zirconolite. Average compositions for the coexisting pyrochlore and zirconolite at 1350 °C are Ca 1.01 (Ce 3+ 0.13 Ce 4+ 0.19 U 0.52 Hf 0.18 )(Ti 1.95 Hf 0.05 )O 7 (with U/(U+Hf) = 0.72) and (Ca 0.91 Ce 0.09 )(Ce 3+ 0.08 U 0.26 Hf 0.66 Ti 0.01 )Ti 2.00 O 7 (with U/(U+Hf) = 0.28) respectively. A single pyrochlore (Ca(U,Hf)Ti 2 O 7 ) phase may be synthesized at 1350 °C if the ratio of U/(U+Hf) is greater than 0.72, and a single zirconolite (Ca(Hf,U)Ti 2 O 7 ) phase may be synthesized at 1350 °C if the ratio of U/(U+Hf) is less than 0.28. An amorphous leached layer that is rich in Ti and Hf forms on the surface after the ceramics has been leached in pH 4 buffered solution. The thickness of the layer ranges from 5 nm to 15 nm. The leached layer functions as a protective layer and therefore reduces the leaching rate.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0272-9172
,
1946-4274
DOI:
10.1557/PROC-757-II6.2
Language:
English
Publisher:
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Publication Date:
2002
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