In Situ Characterisation of Model UK Nuclear Waste Glasses by X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy Under Process Conditions

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The local co-ordination environment of Zr in a model alkali borosilicate glass, of relevance to nuclear waste immobilisation, was studied by in situ X-ray absorption spectroscopy between 25 – 1060°C. Analysis of Zr K-edge XANES spectra, in comparison with those of well characterised standards, demonstrated, for the first time, the reversible transformation of ZrO6 to ZrO7 co-ordination polyhedra at high temperature. This observation was rationalised on the basis of the combined effects of network modifier cation diffusion and thermal expansion.

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  1. Immobilisation Science Laboratory, Department of Engineering Materials, The University of Sheffield, Mappin Street, S1 3JD, Sheffield, UK

    C. Hyatt Neil, J. Connelly Andrew & C. Stennett Martin

  2. Centre for Radiochemistry Research, Department of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, M13 9PL, Manchester, UK

    C. Hyatt Neil & R. Livens Francis

  3. STFC Daresbury Laboratory, WA4 4AD, Warrington, Cheshire, UK

    L. Bilsborrow Robert

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Neil, C.H., Andrew, J.C., Martin, C.S. et al. In Situ Characterisation of Model UK Nuclear Waste Glasses by X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy Under Process Conditions. MRS Online Proceedings Library 1107, 223 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1557/PROC-1107-223

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