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Title: Oxidation and crystal field effects in uranium

Abstract

An in-depth exploration of oxidation in uranium has been pursued. This includes the utilization of soft x-ray absorption spectroscopy, hard x-ray absorption near-edge structure, resonant (hard) x-ray emission spectroscopy, cluster calculations, and a branching ratio analysis founded on atomic theory. The samples utilized were uranium dioxide (UO2), uranium trioxide (UO3), and uranium tetrafluoride (UF4). A report on the role of nonspherical perturbations, i.e., crystal or ligand field effects, will be presented.

Authors:
 [1];  [1];  [2];  [2];  [2];  [3];  [4];  [4];  [4];  [5]
  1. Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
  2. Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
  3. Magnetic Spectroscopy Group, Didcot (United Kingdom). Diamond Light Source
  4. SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States). Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (SSRL)
  5. Univ. of North Texas, Denton, TX (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Chemical Sciences, Geosciences, and Biosciences Division
OSTI Identifier:
1512212
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1198658
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-05CH11231; FG02-04ER15508; AC52-07NA27344
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 92; Journal Issue: 3; Journal ID: ISSN 1098-0121
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE

Citation Formats

Tobin, J. G., Yu, S. -W., Booth, C. H., Tyliszczak, T., Shuh, D. K., van der Laan, G., Sokaras, D., Nordlund, D., Weng, T. -C., and Bagus, P. S. Oxidation and crystal field effects in uranium. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.92.035111.
Tobin, J. G., Yu, S. -W., Booth, C. H., Tyliszczak, T., Shuh, D. K., van der Laan, G., Sokaras, D., Nordlund, D., Weng, T. -C., & Bagus, P. S. Oxidation and crystal field effects in uranium. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.92.035111
Tobin, J. G., Yu, S. -W., Booth, C. H., Tyliszczak, T., Shuh, D. K., van der Laan, G., Sokaras, D., Nordlund, D., Weng, T. -C., and Bagus, P. S. Mon . "Oxidation and crystal field effects in uranium". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.92.035111. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1512212.
@article{osti_1512212,
title = {Oxidation and crystal field effects in uranium},
author = {Tobin, J. G. and Yu, S. -W. and Booth, C. H. and Tyliszczak, T. and Shuh, D. K. and van der Laan, G. and Sokaras, D. and Nordlund, D. and Weng, T. -C. and Bagus, P. S.},
abstractNote = {An in-depth exploration of oxidation in uranium has been pursued. This includes the utilization of soft x-ray absorption spectroscopy, hard x-ray absorption near-edge structure, resonant (hard) x-ray emission spectroscopy, cluster calculations, and a branching ratio analysis founded on atomic theory. The samples utilized were uranium dioxide (UO2), uranium trioxide (UO3), and uranium tetrafluoride (UF4). A report on the role of nonspherical perturbations, i.e., crystal or ligand field effects, will be presented.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevB.92.035111},
journal = {Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics},
number = 3,
volume = 92,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Jul 06 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Mon Jul 06 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
}

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