Investigation of ruthenium dioxide formation mechanisms in containment glass synthesized by liquid feed
- Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University (Japan)
- CEA-DEN-DTCD-LCV-SECM, 30207 Bagnols-sur-Ceze (France)
- CEA-Saclay, DSM-IRAMIS-SIS2M, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette (France)
The presenting paper focuses on the structural configuration of ruthenium in vitreous matrices with the objective of obtaining more insight into ruthenium incorporation and solubilization mechanisms in borosilicate glasses. To determine the structural effect of an increasing RuO{sub 2} in a borosilicate glass, a series of glass samples were selected from a benchmark composition. {sup 11}B NMR shows that the borate network is influenced by the presence of RuO{sub 2} in the glass: the addition of 2% RuO{sub 2} in a borosilicate glass led to a significant rise of BO{sub 4}. RuO{sub 2} precipitated in the glass does not seem to be the cause of this modification because when RuO{sub 2} increase there is no further change of BO{sub 4} fraction. This effect can be therefore attributed to RuO{sub 2} dissolved in the glass. RuO{sub 2} is known to have a very low solubility in borosilicate glasses (50 to 2000 ppm depending on the temperature, sodium concentration and conditions of synthesis). The link between the ruthenium and the borated network is not yet clearly identified, however, assumptions can be made such as the formation of Ru-O-B when a sufficient quantity of Ru is add (> 400 ppm). Ruthenium could play the role of silicon in increasing the possibility of bridging bond formation with boron coordination number IV.
- Research Organization:
- American Nuclear Society, 555 North Kensington Avenue, La Grange Park, IL 60526 (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 22257893
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: GLOBAL 2013: International Nuclear Fuel Cycle Conference - Nuclear Energy at a Crossroads, Salt Lake City, UT (United States), 29 Sep - 3 Oct 2013; Other Information: Country of input: France; 23 refs.; Related Information: In: Proceedings of GLOBAL 2013: International Nuclear Fuel Cycle Conference - Nuclear Energy at a Crossroads| 1633 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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