Neodymium Incorporation in Zirconolite-Based Glass-Ceramics

2000 ◽  
Vol 663 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Loiseau ◽  
D. Caurant ◽  
N. Baffier ◽  
C. Fillet

ABSTRACTThe investigations on enhanced reprocessing of nuclear spent fuel, and notably on separating the long-lived minor actinides, such as Am and Cm, from the other fission products have led to the development of highly durable specific matrices such as glass-ceramics for their immobilization. This study deals with the characterization of zirconolite (CaZrTi2O7) based glass-ceramics synthesized by devitrification of an aluminosilicate parent glass. Trivalent actinide ions were simulated by neodymium, which is a paramagnetic local probe. Glass-ceramics with Nd2O3 contents ranging from 0 to 10 weight % were prepared by heat treatment of a parent glass at two different growth temperatures: 1050° and 1200°C. X-ray diffraction (XRD), energy dispersive X-ray analysis (EDX) and electron spin resonance (ESR) measurements clearly indicate that Nd3+ ions are partly incorporated in zirconolite crystals formed in the bulk of the glass-ceramic samples. The amount of neodymium in the crystalline phase was estimated using ESR results and was found to decrease with increasing either heat treatment temperature or total Nd2O3 content.

2012 ◽  
Vol 624 ◽  
pp. 134-137 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ping Zhai ◽  
Xiao Feng Duan ◽  
Da Qian Chen ◽  
Chong Hai Wang

In this paper, β-eucryptite glass ceramics were synthesized by using solid reaction method. Phase constitution, structure and properties of the material were studied by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and differential thermal analysis (DTA). Furthermore, the effects of heat treatment temperature and preservation time on the thermal expansion coefficient were also analyzed. The results showed that the crystallization temperature of β-eucryptite glass ceramics was in the range of 810-860 °C and the content was more than 90%. With the increase of heat treatment temperature, the material expansion coefficient decreased.


MRS Advances ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (11) ◽  
pp. 563-567 ◽  
Author(s):  
Quentin Altemose ◽  
Katrina Raichle ◽  
Brittani Schnable ◽  
Casey Schwarz ◽  
Myungkoo Kang ◽  
...  

ABSTRACTTransparent optical ZnO–Bi2O3–B2O3 (ZBB) glass-ceramics were created by the melt quenching technique. In this work, a melt of the glass containing stoichiometric ratios of Zn/Bi/B and As was studied. Differential scanning calorimeter (DSC) measurements was used to measure the thermal behavior. VIS/NIR transmission measurements were used to determine the transmission window. X-ray diffraction (XRD) was used to determine crystal phase. In this study, we explore new techniques and report a detailed study of in-situ XRD of the ZBB composition in order to correlate nucleation temperature, heat treatment temperature, and heat treatment duration with induced crystal phase.


2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohd Hafiz Mohd Zaid ◽  
Khamirul Amin Matori ◽  
Sidek Hj. Abdul Aziz ◽  
Halimah Mohamed Kamari ◽  
Wan Mahmood Mat Yunus ◽  
...  

Willemite glass-ceramics were successfully derived from conventional melt-quench ZnO-SLS precursor glass by an isothermal heat treatment process. The effect of heat treatment temperatures on the physical properties was investigated by Archimedes principle and linear shrinkage. The generation of willemite crystal phase and morphology with increase in heat treatment temperature was examined by X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared (FTIR), and field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM) techniques. X-ray diffraction revealed that the metastableβ-Zn2SiO4and thermodynamically stable zinc orthosilicateα-Zn2SiO4phases can be observed at temperatures above 700°C. The experimental results indicated that the density and shrinkage of the glass-ceramic vary with increasing the sintering temperature. FTIR studies showed that the structure of glass-ceramic consists of SiO2and ZnO4units and exhibits the structural evolution of willemite glass-ceramics. The characteristic of strong vibrational bands can be related to theSiO44-tetrahedron corresponding to reference spectra of willemite.


2016 ◽  
Vol 690 ◽  
pp. 137-142
Author(s):  
Thanaporn Boonchoo ◽  
Pratthana Intawin ◽  
Wilaiwan Leenakul

In this study, the effects of heat treatment temperatures on structural and magnetic properties in MnFe2O4(MF)/SiO2-Na2O-CaO-P2O5 (bioglass) bioactive glass ceramics were investigated. The MF/SiO2-Na2O-CaO-P2O5 bioactive glass ceramics were fabricated under various heat treatment temperatures in a range of 600-1000 °C. X-ray diffraction (XRD) technique, the scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) are used to characterize phase and microstructure. The magnetic properties were determined from Vibrating Sample Magnetometer (VSM). The X-ray diffraction peaks presented two major crystalline phases: MnFe2O4 and Na2Ca2Si3O9. It was found that the heat treatment temperatures are the most influential parameter on microstructure and magnetic properties of the bioactive glass ceramics. The highest magnetic properties of studied ceramics were found in the sample heated at 1000 °C with adding 20 wt%. MF. The microstructural properties of the studies samples were investigated and the results were then correlated with the characteristics of heat treatment temperatures as well as the microstructure of the bioactive glass ceramic.


2018 ◽  
Vol 271 ◽  
pp. 23-27
Author(s):  
Uyat Bayarzul ◽  
Jadambaa Temuujin

Glass ceramics were prepared from fly ash, waste window glass and fluorite rawmaterials. Mixtures of raw materials were melted at 1300, 1400 and 1500 °C for 4 h and quenchedin cold water. The crystallization behavior of glass ceramics was investigated by differentialthermal analysis-thermogravimetry (DTA-TG). Crystallization at various temperatures (700, 800,900 and 1000 °C) for 30 min was used to obtain the glass ceramics. The obtained glass ceramicswere characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), light microscopy and hardness test. XRD studyrevealed that the crystallized phases were plagioclase-type minerals (diopside and albite). TheVickers hardness of the glass ceramics increased from 0.80±0.19 GPa to 6.35±0.35GPa and densityranged from 1.44 g/cm3 to 2.42 g/cm3 depending on the treatment temperature. Glass ceramicsprepared from fused glass melted at 1500 °C temperature showed the highest hardness comparedwith those melted at lower temperatures.


1998 ◽  
Vol 13 (7) ◽  
pp. 2023-2030 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Endo ◽  
C. Kim ◽  
T. Hiraoka ◽  
T. Karaki ◽  
K. Nishimura ◽  
...  

The structure of polyparaphenylene (PPP)-based carbons prepared by the Kovacic and Yamamoto methods heat-treated at 650–3000 °C have been characterized comparatively by using x-ray diffraction, SEM, TEM, and Raman spectroscopy. Both kinds of carbons indicate not typical but poor graphitizing behavior, especially for the case of PPP Yamamoto samples, and much less for PPP Kovacic samples, by heat treatment up to 3000 °C. The Kovacic-based samples heat-treated at 600–2400 °C have a more developed layer structure than that of Yamamoto-based samples. In contrast, for HTT's (heat-treatment temperature) more than about 2400 °C, PPP Yamamoto-based carbons exhibit a more developed crystallite structure than PPP Kovacic-based carbons. At a given HTT, PPP Kovacic-based carbons have a much more quinoid-like structure and graphene-type structure than PPP Yamamoto-based carbons, as indicated by the carbon yield and Raman scattering measurements. It is suggested that the detailed structure of the starting polymers influences the texture as well as the microstructure of resultant carbons even though both are obtained from the same kinds of precursors. These microstructures also largely influence the anode performance when these carbons are used in Li ion batteries.


2021 ◽  
Vol 234 ◽  
pp. 00106
Author(s):  
Houda Labjar ◽  
Hassan Chaair

The synthesis of apatite silicated Ca10(PO4)6-x(SiO4)x(OH)2-x (SiHA) with 0≤x≤2 was investigated using a wet precipitation method followed by heat treatment using calcium carbonate CaCO3 and phosphoric acid H3PO4 and silicon tetraacetate SiC8H20O4 (TEOS) in medium of water ethanol, with three different silicate concentrations. After drying, the samples are ground and then characterized by different analytical techniques like X-ray Diffraction (XRD), Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) and Scanning electron Microscopy (SEM) and chemical analysis.


2012 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 183-192 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fatma Margha ◽  
Amr Abdelghany

Ternary borate glasses from the system Na2O?CaO?B2O3 together with soda-lime-borate samples containing 5 wt.% of MgO, Al2O3, SiO2 or P2O5 were prepared. The obtained glasses were converted to their glass-ceramic derivatives by controlled heat treatment. X-ray diffraction was employed to investigate the separated crys?talline phases in glass-ceramics after heat treatment of the glassy samples. The glasses and corresponding glass-ceramics after immersion in water or diluted phosphate solution for extended times were characterized by the grain method (adopted by several authors and recommended by ASTM) and Fourier-transform infrared spectra to justify the formation of hydroxyapatite as an indication of the bone bonding ability. The influence of glass composition on bioactivity potential was discussed too.


2013 ◽  
Vol 834-836 ◽  
pp. 309-314
Author(s):  
Zi Fan Xiao ◽  
Jin Shu Cheng ◽  
Jun Xie

A glass-ceramic belonging to the CaO-Al2O3-SiO2(CAS) system with different composition of spodumene and doping the Li2O with amount between 0~2.5 % (mass fraction) were prepared by onestage heat treatment, under sintering and crystallization temperature at 1120 °C for two hours. In this paper, differential thermal analysis, X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, energy dispersive spectrometry and bending strength test were employed to investigate the microstructure and properties of all samples. β-wollastonite crystals were identified as the major crystalline phases, and increasing Li2O was found to be benefit for the crystallization and tiny crystalline phases remelting, resulting in the content of major crystalline phases increased first and then decreased with increasing the expense of spodumene. Meanwhile, the crystal size can be positively related with the content of Li2O. The preferable admixed dosage of spodumene can be obtained, besides the strength of glass-ceramics can be more than 90 MPa.


2012 ◽  
Vol 184-185 ◽  
pp. 1175-1180
Author(s):  
Guo Liang Li ◽  
Xiao Hua Jie ◽  
Bi Xue Yang

Amorphous Cr–C alloy coating was prepared by electrodepositing. The microhardness of the coating was tested after annealing from 100°C to 800°C and the crystallization evolution was studied by the analysis of X-ray diffraction (XRD) and differential scanning caborimetry (DSC). The results showed that the crystallization evolution of the coating began at 300°C and finished around 450°C, and intermetallic compound Cr7C3and Cr23C6appeared when heat treatment temperature reached around 600°C. The microhardness, corrosion resistance as well as the adhesion of the coating all increased first with the temperature and then dropped until it attained the proper values. The microhardness reached the maximum of 1610HV0.025at 600°C. While the corrosion resistance and the adhesion force attained the peak value at about 400°C.


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