Lanthanide Phosphates Prepared by Direct Precipitation and Hydrothermal Synthesis: Structure and Behavior during Heating

A. K. Koryttseva; Корытцева А. К.; A. I. Orlova; Орлова А. И.; A. A. Atopshev; Атопшев А. А.; V. А. Turchenko; Турченко В. А.; A. I. Beskrovnyi; Бескровный А. И.; A. A. Murashov; Мурашов А. А.; A. V. Nokhrin; Нохрин А. В.

doi:10.31857/S0002337X23080067

Lanthanide Phosphates Prepared by Direct Precipitation and Hydrothermal Synthesis: Structure and Behavior during Heating

Authors: Koryttseva A.K.¹, Orlova A.I.¹, Atopshev A.A.¹, Turchenko V.А.², Beskrovnyi A.I.², Murashov A.A.¹, Nokhrin A.V.³
Affiliations:
1. Lobachevsky State University
2. Joint Institute for Nuclear Research
3. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod
Issue: Vol 59, No 8 (2023)
Pages: 878-887
Section: Articles
URL: https://kld-journal.fedlab.ru/0002-337X/article/view/668173
DOI: https://doi.org/10.31857/S0002337X23080067
EDN: https://elibrary.ru/SHQWEK
ID: 668173

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Phosphates isostructural with the mineral monazite—NdPO4, GdPO4, and a La0.3Nd0.5Sm0.1Eu0.1PO4 solid solution modeling the composition of the lanthanide components of radioactive waste—and YbPO4, crystallizing in the xenotime structure, have been prepared via direct precipitation from acid solutions. Under hydrothermal conditions, we have prepared the crystalline hydrate NdPO4·0.67Н2О isostructural with the mineral rhabdophane and the YbPO4 phosphate with the xenotime structure. The powders range in crystallite size from 13 to 65 nm. The particle morphology and size have been shown to depend on the synthesis process. During heating to 1170 K, the phase composition of the powders remained unchanged. Their average 900-K thermal expansion coefficients lie in the range (5.6–9.6) × 10–6 K–1, so these phosphates can be regarded as having medium thermal expansion.

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lanthanides, phosphates, monazite, rhabdophane, xenotime

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