Epr of Fe3+ and Cr3+ Ions in NZP Ceramics

1999 ◽  
Vol 556 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Y. Troole ◽  
S. V. Stefanovsky ◽  
L. D. Bogomolova

AbstractA new method to estimate the thermodynamic stability of crystalline host phases for radwaste is based on the determination of the degree of coordination polyhedra distortion. Analysis of the stability of sodium zirconium phosphate (NZP) structure containing Fe and Cr has been completed. The NZP structure can incorporate a limited amount of iron (∼2 mol. % Fe2o3). From the EPR study, Fe3+ and Cr3+ ions occupy two different structural positions substituting for Zr4+and Na+. Moreover, these ions can enter extra phases.

1983 ◽  
Vol 26 ◽  
Author(s):  
L.J. Yang ◽  
S. Komarneni ◽  
R. Roy

ABSTRACTSimulated PW-4b waste solution along with Na additive was mixed with Zr-P-O gel, dried and then fired to form the desired sodium zirconium phosphate, NaZr2 (PO4) 3 [NZP] ceramic. NZP and monazite were the only phases produced upon firing at 900°C with 10 to 40% of PW-4b mixed with the gel. CsZr2(PO4) 3 which is isostructural with NZP was also identified when fired under reducing conditions. The -200 mesh powders of these waste forms prepared under reducing conditions showed excellent leach resistance under hydrothermal conditions.Alternatively, PW-4b and Three Mile Island (TMI) wastes were adsorbed on Zr-P-O gel in a column. The gel was dried, pelletized and fired to form the desired [NZP] ceramic. Cesium was found to be selective on the Zr-P-O gel because no breakthrough of Cs was detected up to 38 column volumes of TMI waste. Thus, it is possible to use a tailored gel to sorb Cs and/or Sr from accident waste water and then fired the bed to form the [NZP] ceramic below 1000°C. The main advantages of the gel adsorption process are its simplicity and its enormous compositional flexibility.


1987 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 329-337 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. M. Hazen ◽  
L. W. Finger ◽  
D. K. Agrawal ◽  
H. A. McKinstry ◽  
Anthony J. Perrotta

High-temperature crystal structures of NZP (Na1+xZr2P3−xSixO12) have been determined by x-ray measurements made on single crystals. Thermal expansion of NZP (x = 0.11) parallel to the hexagonal c axis is positive (about 22.4 ⊠ 10−6°C−1 between 25° and 700°C), whereas expansion perpendicular to c is slightly negative (about 5.4 ⊠ 10−6°C−1), resulting in an average volume thermal expansion of 11.8 ⊠ 10−6°C−1. A proposed structural model to interpret this anisotropic thermal expansion of NZP is tested to prove the model's validity. In this model the rotation of the phosphate tetrahedron is coupled to the rotation of the zirconium octahedron. The observed thermal expansions of sodium, zirconium, and phosphorus cation coordination polyhedra are 10.8, 0.00, and −0.23 (all × 10−6°C−1), respectively. The large thermal expansion of the sodium site is offset by rotations in the Zr–P polyhedral framework, thus yielding the low net expansion of NZP.


2013 ◽  
Vol 299 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ambarish Dey ◽  
Amit Das Gupta ◽  
Debrata Basu ◽  
Ritu D. Ambashta ◽  
P. K. Wattal ◽  
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1986 ◽  
Vol 30 ◽  
pp. 503-510
Author(s):  
H.A. McKinstry ◽  
Lai Daik Chai ◽  
R.V. Sara ◽  
K.E. Spear

Thermal expansion is an interesting, ubiquitous and neglected property of materials. Recently, Lenain et al. (1985) and Limaye (1986) have been investigating anisotropy in the low-expansion structures of the sodium zirconium phosphate family. In the hexagonal structure one axis expands while another contracts. In going from the calcium to the strontium analog the anisotropy actually changes sign. A change in anisotropy between CrB2 and TiB2 had been observed by R.V. Sara (1960). The results in Fig. 1 obtained by high temperature x-ray diffraction measurements indicate that for TiB2 the thermal expansion of the c-axis is greater than the expansion of the a-axis, whereas for CrB2 the reverse is true.


2010 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 533-545 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rashmi Chourasia ◽  
Ashish Bohre ◽  
Ritu D. Ambastha ◽  
O. P. Shrivastava ◽  
P. K. Wattal

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