Compositional changes at the interface between thorium-doped uranium dioxide and zirconium due to high-temperature annealing
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Abstract Compositional changes at the interface between thorium-doped uranium dioxide (U0.97Th0.03O2) and Zr before and after annealing at 1700 °C for 18 h were studied by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, and Raman spectroscopy. At room temperature, the U0.97Th0.03O2 pellet consisted of hyperstoichiometric UO2+x with UO2 and ThO2, and the Zr sample contained Zr with ZrO2. After annealing, the former contained stoichiometric UO2 with ThO2 and the latter consisted of ZrO2 along with ZrO2·2H2O.
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OpenAlex topics: Nuclear Materials and Properties · Radioactive element chemistry and processing · Nuclear reactor physics and engineering
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