Attempts were made to introduce four major fission products, namely, Cs, Sr, Ru and Te into thermodynamically stable NaZr2P3O12 (NZP) ceramic, considered to be a viable alternative for fixation of high level nuclear waste (HLW), in place of borosilicate glass...
Keywords: Immobilization, NZP, HLW, XRD, EDX
06/2006 | Radiochimica Acta, Oldenbourg WissenschaftsverlagThe lithium-substituted NASICONS materials, with general formula Li2.8Zr2−ySi1.8−4yP1.2+4yO12 where 0 ≤ y ≤ 0.45, were synthesized by the sol–gel method which consisted in calcinig the preliminary precursors at temperatures higher than their crystallization temperatures...
Keywords: Sol–Gel Method, Lithium-Substituted NASICONS, Coupled DTA-TGA, XRD, Complex Impedance Spectroscopy
02/2007 | Zeitschrift für Physikalische Chemie, Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag