``Cs-tetra-ferri-annite:`` High-pressure and high-temperature behavior of a potential nuclear waste disposal phase
- Univ. di Perugia (Italy). Dipt. di Scienze della Terra
- Technical Univ. Ostrava (Czech Republic). Central Analytical Lab.
- Charles Univ., Praha (Czech Republic). Inst. of Geochemistry, Mineralogy and Mineral Resources
- Czech Geological Survey, Praha (Czech Republic)
Structure deformations induced by pressure and temperature in synthetic Cs-tetra-ferri-annite 1M [Cs{sub 1.78}(Fe{sup 2+}{sub 5.93}Fe{sup 3+}{sub 0.07})(Si{sub 6.15}Fe{sup 3+}{sub 1.80}Al{sub 0.05})O{sub 20}(OH){sub 4}], space group C2/m, were analyzed to investigate the capability of the mica structure to store the radiogenic isotopes {sup 135}Cs and {sup 137}Cs. Cs-tetra-ferri-annite is not a mineral name, but for the sake of brevity is used here to designate a synthetic analog of the mineral tetra-ferri-annite. The bulk modulus and its pressure derivative determined by fitting the unit-cell volumes between 0 a/nd 47 kbar to a third-order Birch-Murnaghan equation of state are K{sub 0} = 257(8) kbar and K{prime}{sub 0} = 21(1), respectively. Between 23 C and 582 C, the a and b lattice parameters remain essentially unchanged, but the thermal expansion coefficient of the c axis is {alpha}{sub c} = 3.12(9) {times} 10{sup {minus}5} {degree}C{sup {minus}1}. High pressure (P) and high temperature (T) produce limited internal strain in the structure. The tetrahedral rotation angle, {alpha}, is very small and does not change significantly throughout the P and T range investigated. Above 450 C in air, Cs-tetra-ferri-annite underwent an oxidation of octahedral iron in the M2cis site, balanced by the loss of H and shown by a decrease of the unit-cell volume. Independent isobaric data on thermal expansion and isothermal compressibility data define the geometric equation of state for Cs-tetra-ferri-annite. On the whole, the data confirm that the structure of Cs-tetra-ferri-annite may be a suitable candidate for the storage of large ions, such as Cs in the interlayer and should be considered as a potential Synroc component.
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- OSTI ID:
- 328318
- Journal Information:
- American Mineralogist, Vol. 84, Issue 3; Other Information: PBD: Mar 1999
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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