Nd3+掺杂钙钛锆石(Ca1-xNdx ZrTi2O7+x/2)相变行为的研究

Study on the phase evolution of Nd3+-doped zirconolite ceramics (Ca1-xNdxZrTi2O7+x/2

  • 摘要: 为研究钙钛锆石对放射性元素Am3+的稳定固化作用,以Nd3+为Am3+的模拟元素,系统研究了高温固相法制备Ca1-xNdxZrTi2O7+x/2时,Nd3+异价取代钙钛锆石晶格中Ca2+位(0≤x≤1.0)所导致的相态演变行为。合成Ca1-x NdxZrTi2O7+x/2的XRD、Raman、BSE和EDS测试结果表明:钙钛锆石(Zirconolite)晶格对Nd3+离子的固溶量可达70 %(x=0.7),可有效实现对Am3+模拟元素Nd3+离子的固化。但随着Nd3+掺杂量(x≤0.3)增加,Zirconolite-2M晶格中O2-和Nd3+的无序化程度逐渐增加、(Ca/Nd)-O键长逐渐变小,直至(x=0.4)引起Zr4+、Ti4+附近的O2-配位数发生改变(ZrO7→ZrO8、TiO5→TiO6),Zirconolite-2M晶格结构开始向Zirconolite-4M转变。x=0.5时,陶瓷体完全转变为Zirconolite-4M晶格且O2-和Nd3+有序度重新变高、Ti—O键长增加;直至x=0.6 、x=0.7时,陶瓷体仍为单一Zirconolite-4M结构,但晶格中O2-和Nd3+的有序度又逐渐降低,以至于在x=0.7陶瓷体亚晶格中微量Ca2+、Zr4+、Nd3+离子占位转变为烧绿石(Pyrochlore)结构。而在0.8≤x≤0.9范围内,Zirconolite-4M结构完全消失,陶瓷体为多相共存状态(Pyrochlore、ZrTiO4和Nd2(TiZr)4O11物相)。Nd3+完全取代Ca2+位(x=1.0)时,陶瓷体变为单一Nd2(TiZr)4O11固溶体相。陶瓷体晶粒的BSE和EDS分析证实了这种相变规律。

     

    Abstract: This paper used Nd3+ as a surrogate element of Am3+ to simulate the study of the stable curing effect of zirconolite on the radioactive element Am3+. The phase evolution behavior caused by Ca2+ sites in the lattice of Ca1-xNdxZrTi2O7+x/2 with Nd3+ heterovalent substitution was systematically investigated. The Ca1-xNdxZrTi2O7+x/2 (0≤x≤1.0) ceramic samples were prepared by high temperature solid-state synthesis and characterized by XRD, Raman, BSE, and EDS analysis. The experimental results showed that the solid solution content of Nd3+ ion could reach up to 70% (viz. x=0.7) in the zirconolite lattice. This indicated that the Nd3+ ion as a substitution element could effectively simulate Am3+ solidification in the zirconolite lattice. However, as the doping amount of Nd3+ ( x ≤ 0.3) increased, the disordering of the O2-and Nd3+ ions in the zirconolite-2M lattice increased gradually. On the contrary, the (Ca/Nd)-O chemical bond was slightly shortened. Until x=0.4, the O2- coordination number around some Zr4+ and Ti4+ ions changed (ZrO7→ZrO8, TiO5→TiO6), partly the zirconolite-2M structure rearrangement to the zirconolite-4M structure. When x=0.5, all the zirconolite-2M structure was converted into zirconolite-4M structure, and the ordering of the O2- and Nd3+ cations increased again, with the Ti-O chemical bond slightly elongated. With increasing x ( x=0.6、0.7 ), the sample still retained a single zirconolite-4M structure, but the ordering of the O2- and Nd3+ cations gradually decreased. When x =0.7, the Ca2+、Zr4+、Nd3+ions exhibited a subtle amount of pyrochlore structure arrangement in the sublattice. When 0.8≤ x ≤ 0.9, the samples converted to a polyphase coexistence state (Pyrochlore, ZrTiO4 and Nd2(TiZr)4O11). Finally, a single Nd2(TiZr)4O11 solid solution phase was observed when x =1.0. Further, the composition and microstructure of coexisting phases were verified by BSE and EDS.

     

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