Crystal Structure and Thermodynamic Stability of Ba/Ti-Substituted Pollucites for Radioactive Cs/Ba Immobilization
Abstract
As an analogue of the mineral pollucite (CsAlSi2O6), CsTiSi2O6.5 is a potential host phase for radioactive Cs. However, as 137Cs and 135Cs transmute to 137Ba and 135Ba, respectively, through the beta decay, it is essential to study the structure and stability of this phase upon Cs → Ba substitution. In this work, two series of Ba/Ti-substituted samples, CsxBa(1-x)/2TiSi2O6.5 and CsxBa1-xTiSi2O7-0.5x, (x = 0.9 and 0.7), were synthesized by high-temperature crystallization from their respective precursors. Synchrotron X-ray diffraction and Rietveld analysis reveal that while CsxBa(1-x)/2TiSi2O6.5 samples are phase-pure, CsxBa1-xTiSi2O7-0.5x samples contain Cs3x/(2+x)Ba(1-x)/(2+x)TiSi2O6.5 pollucites (i.e., also two-Cs-to-one-Ba substitution) and a secondary phase, fresnoite (Ba2TiSi2O8). Thus, the CsxBa1-xTiSi2O7-0.5x series is energetically less favorable than CsxBa(1-x)/2TiSi2O6.5. To study the stability systematics of CsxBa(1-x)/2TiSi2O6.5 pollucites, high-temperature calorimetric experiments were performed at 973 K with or without the lead borate solvent. Enthalpies of formation from the constituent oxides (and elements) have thus been derived. The results show that with increasing Ba/(Cs + Ba) ratio, the thermodynamic stability of these phases decreases with respect to their component oxides. Hence, from the energetic viewpoint, continued Cs → Ba transmutation tends to destabilize the parent silicotitanate pollucite structure. However, the Ba-substituted pollucite co-forms with fresnoite (which incorporates the excessmore »
- Authors:
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- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
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- Research Org.:
- Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States); Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Nuclear Energy (NE), Fuel Cycle Technologies (NE-5); USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1183100
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1321745; OSTI ID: 1401387
- Report Number(s):
- SAND2014-17035J; LA-UR-14-25570
Journal ID: ISSN 0002-7820; 536967; TRN: US1600455
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC04-94AL85000; AC52-06NA25396; DE‐AC52‐06NA25396
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Journal of the American Ceramic Society
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 98; Journal Issue: 8; Journal ID: ISSN 0002-7820
- Publisher:
- American Ceramic Society
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 07 ISOTOPE AND RADIATION SOURCES; 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; Material Science
Citation Formats
Xu, Hongwu, Chavez, Manuel E., Mitchell, Jeremy N., Garino, Terry J., Schwarz, Haiqing L., Rodriguez, Mark A., Rademacher, David X., and Nenoff, Tina Maria. Crystal Structure and Thermodynamic Stability of Ba/Ti-Substituted Pollucites for Radioactive Cs/Ba Immobilization. United States: N. p., 2015.
Web. doi:10.1111/jace.13608.
Xu, Hongwu, Chavez, Manuel E., Mitchell, Jeremy N., Garino, Terry J., Schwarz, Haiqing L., Rodriguez, Mark A., Rademacher, David X., & Nenoff, Tina Maria. Crystal Structure and Thermodynamic Stability of Ba/Ti-Substituted Pollucites for Radioactive Cs/Ba Immobilization. United States. https://doi.org/10.1111/jace.13608
Xu, Hongwu, Chavez, Manuel E., Mitchell, Jeremy N., Garino, Terry J., Schwarz, Haiqing L., Rodriguez, Mark A., Rademacher, David X., and Nenoff, Tina Maria. Thu .
"Crystal Structure and Thermodynamic Stability of Ba/Ti-Substituted Pollucites for Radioactive Cs/Ba Immobilization". United States. https://doi.org/10.1111/jace.13608. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1183100.
@article{osti_1183100,
title = {Crystal Structure and Thermodynamic Stability of Ba/Ti-Substituted Pollucites for Radioactive Cs/Ba Immobilization},
author = {Xu, Hongwu and Chavez, Manuel E. and Mitchell, Jeremy N. and Garino, Terry J. and Schwarz, Haiqing L. and Rodriguez, Mark A. and Rademacher, David X. and Nenoff, Tina Maria},
abstractNote = {As an analogue of the mineral pollucite (CsAlSi2O6), CsTiSi2O6.5 is a potential host phase for radioactive Cs. However, as 137Cs and 135Cs transmute to 137Ba and 135Ba, respectively, through the beta decay, it is essential to study the structure and stability of this phase upon Cs → Ba substitution. In this work, two series of Ba/Ti-substituted samples, CsxBa(1-x)/2TiSi2O6.5 and CsxBa1-xTiSi2O7-0.5x, (x = 0.9 and 0.7), were synthesized by high-temperature crystallization from their respective precursors. Synchrotron X-ray diffraction and Rietveld analysis reveal that while CsxBa(1-x)/2TiSi2O6.5 samples are phase-pure, CsxBa1-xTiSi2O7-0.5x samples contain Cs3x/(2+x)Ba(1-x)/(2+x)TiSi2O6.5 pollucites (i.e., also two-Cs-to-one-Ba substitution) and a secondary phase, fresnoite (Ba2TiSi2O8). Thus, the CsxBa1-xTiSi2O7-0.5x series is energetically less favorable than CsxBa(1-x)/2TiSi2O6.5. To study the stability systematics of CsxBa(1-x)/2TiSi2O6.5 pollucites, high-temperature calorimetric experiments were performed at 973 K with or without the lead borate solvent. Enthalpies of formation from the constituent oxides (and elements) have thus been derived. The results show that with increasing Ba/(Cs + Ba) ratio, the thermodynamic stability of these phases decreases with respect to their component oxides. Hence, from the energetic viewpoint, continued Cs → Ba transmutation tends to destabilize the parent silicotitanate pollucite structure. However, the Ba-substituted pollucite co-forms with fresnoite (which incorporates the excess Ba), thereby providing viable ceramic waste forms for all the Ba decay products.},
doi = {10.1111/jace.13608},
journal = {Journal of the American Ceramic Society},
number = 8,
volume = 98,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Apr 23 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Thu Apr 23 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
}
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