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Simulation of radioactive decay by barium substitution for cesium in sodium aluminum-iron phosphate glass

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Simulation of 137Cs radioactive decay to 137Ba by an equiatomic substitution of Cs with Ba in a 30 Na2O, 10 Cs2O, 10 Al2O3, 10 Fe2O3, 40 P2O5 (mol%) glass was studied by X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared spectroscopy, Mössbauer spectroscopy, and measurement of hydrolytic durability. Gradual Ba substitution for Cs yielded minor changes in the structural network but did not offer appreciable effect on phase composition and hydrolytic durability of the glasses.

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This work was carried out within the frame of the State Assignment No. AAAA-A16-116110910010-3 between the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Ministry of Science and High Education of the Russian Federation.

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  1. Frumkin Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry RAS, 31-4 Leninskii av, Moscow, Russia, 119071

    S. V. Stefanovsky, O. I. Stefanovsky, I. L. Prusakov & M. I. Kadyko

  2. Institute of Ore Deposits, Petrography, Mineralogy, and Geochemistry RAS, 35 Staromonetniy lane, Moscow, Russia, 119017

    B. S. Nikonov

  3. Department of Radiochemistry, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Vorob’evy Gory, Moscow, Russia, 119991

    I. S. Glazkova

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Stefanovsky, S.V., Stefanovsky, O.I., Prusakov, I.L. et al. Simulation of radioactive decay by barium substitution for cesium in sodium aluminum-iron phosphate glass. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 319, 817–826 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-018-6365-4

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