29 October 2017 to 3 November 2017
Australia/Sydney timezone

Synthesis and Structure of Novel Oxide Compounds Containing RE = Y, Yb, Gd, Sm, and La and M = Zr, Ti, and Sn

1 Nov 2017, 09:00
15m
Oral Presentation National and international collaborative waste management programs Ceramic and Glass-Ceramic Wasteforms

Speaker

Dr Greg Lumpkin (ANSTO)

Description

With the aim of creating novel ceramics with high radiation tolerance and ionic mobility, multiple samples with A-B-O stoichiometries ranging from 215 to 227 were synthesized and characterized by a combination of SEM, XRD, and TEM methods. Single-phase defect-fluorite-type compounds with A = Sm or Yb and B = Ti, Zr, and/or Sn are reported; whereas, pyrochlore compounds were also found as a second major RE-phase in numerous samples. We describe some interesting TEM data showing selected area diffraction patterns with complex modulations. The details of the modulation wave vectors observed in these samples are reported in some detail. The use of ionic radii to predict the structure of these ceramics appears to be substantially limited by Sn-O bonding characteristics and somewhat limited for zirconate compounds. Some single phase ceramics were irradiated with a low dose of helium and no significant radiation damage was observed by comparative GIXRD and nano-indentation.

Primary author

Mr Robin Newman (Imperial College, London, UK)

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