Phase partitioning and uranium speciation in brannerite-based ceramicsстатья
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Аннотация:Brannerite containing ceramics were produced by cold pressing and sintering (CPS) and cold crucible
inductive melting (CCIM) methods and examined by X-ray diffraction and absorption and by scanning
electron microscopy. Brannerite content in the ceramics ranged between ∼20 and 90 vol.%. Uranium is
mainly partitioned between brannerite and minor mixed U/RE oxide but since brannerite is a dominant
phase, it takes up to 90% of total U. Uranium in the ceramics is present as U(IV) and U(V). In the low brannerite ceramics U occurs as U(IV) whereas in the ceramics with brannerite as major phase U(V)
dominates over U(IV). Ce in the brannerite ceramics is mainly trivalent. The first coordination shell of U in ceramics produced by CPS is split into two sub-shells with U-O distances of 1.7–1.9 Å and
∼2.1 Å while in the melted ceramics this interatomic distance is 2.1–2.2 Å. The next three atoms (Ti) are positioned at a distances of 3.1–3.2 Å.