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Combustion reaction synthesis of Y2-xGdxTi2O7 pyrochlores and its aqueous durability as nuclear waste mateiral
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1.State Key Laboratory of Environment-friendly Energy Materials,Southwest University of Science and Technology,Mianyang;2.Institute of Nuclear Physics and Chemistry,China Academy of Engineering Physics

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TM286

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National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51672228)

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    Pyrochlore-based ceramic is recognized as promising nuclear waste matrice. In this study, pyrochlore-based Y2-xGdxTi2O7/Cu composite waste forms were rapidly prepared within 5 minutes by combustion reaction plus quick pressing (CR/QP) synthesis route, where CuO was utilized as the oxidant and Ti as the reductant. As the surrogate of trivalent actinide nuclides, Gd was introduced to substitute the Y site with nominal formulation of Y2-xGdxTi2O7. The results demonstrate that Gd can totally replace the Y site and Gd2Ti2O7 pyrochlore can be readily synthesized. There is no impurity phase generated in the products, and phase separation is not detected in the pyrochlore matrix. The selected Gd1.0 waste form exhibits promising aqueous durability as the 42 days normalized leaching rates of Cu, Y and Gd elements are evaluated as low as 2.4×10-2, 1.1×10-5 and 5.3×10-6 g.m-2.d-1.

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[Kuibao Zhang, Weiwei Li, Dayan Xie, Baozhu Luo, Haibin Zhang. Combustion reaction synthesis of Y2-xGdxTi2O7 pyrochlores and its aqueous durability as nuclear waste mateiral[J]. Rare Metal Materials and Engineering,2020,49(7):2299~2304.]
DOI:10.12442/j. issn.1002-185X.20190354

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  • Received:April 25,2019
  • Revised:May 22,2019
  • Adopted:May 29,2019
  • Online: August 31,2020