1. Diffuse reflectance spectroscopy of neptunium ions in polycrystalline ceramics designed for immobilization of HLW
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Zhang, Yingjie, Vance, Eric R., Begg, Bruce D., and Li, Huijun
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SPECTRUM analysis , *INDUSTRIAL chemistry , *INTERMEDIATES (Chemistry) , *PROPERTIES of matter - Abstract
Abstract: Diffuse reflectance spectra at room temperature have been collected on polycrystalline perovskite (CaTiO3), zirconolite (CaZrTi2O7) and thorutite (ThTi2O6) samples doped with Np. The Np species give rise to a number of broad, unresolved intraconfigurational f–f electronic transition bands in the near-infrared and visible spectral regions. Both Np3+ and Np4+ can substitute in the Ca site of perovskite by the appropriate choice of charge compensation and sintering atmosphere. No detectable spectral differences were observed when Np4+ was targeted towards either the Ca or Zr sites in zirconolite. Np4+ but not Np5+ can be incorporated in the Th site of thorutite by sintering in air. Even in the most dilute [≤0.03 formula units (f.u.)] Np4+ samples of the different titanates studied, there was only very approximate agreement with the Kubelka–Munk law. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]
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- 2007
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