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Crystal Chemistry and Microstructures of Uranyl Phosphates

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

Y. Suzuki ,
T. Murakami ,
T. Kogure ,
H. Isobe  and
T. Sato
Y. Suzuki
Affiliation:
Mineralogical Inst., Univ. of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113, Japan
T. Murakami
Affiliation:
Mineralogical Inst., Univ. of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113, Japan
T. Kogure
Affiliation:
Mineralogical Inst., Univ. of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113, Japan
H. Isobe
Affiliation:
Environmental Geochemistry Lab., JAERI, Tokai, Ibaraki 319-11, Japan
T. Sato
Affiliation:
Environmental Geochemistry Lab., JAERI, Tokai, Ibaraki 319-11, Japan
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Abstract

The crystal chemistry and microstructures of saleeite (Mg(UO2PO4)2•10H2O) and metatorbernite (Cu(UO2PO4)2•8H2O), from Koongarra, Australia and Shinkolobwe, Congo, were examined by X-ray diffraction analysis, infrared spectroscopy (IR), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) equipped with energy dispersive X-ray analysis, transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and analytical electron microscopy. The uranyl phosphates consist of uranyl phosphate layers with cations and waters in the interlayers. The IR spectra of saleeite and metatorbernite show the presence of hydroxyls in the interlayers in addition to water molecules. The d002 spacings of the hydrated phases of saleeite and metatorbernite up to 300°C reveal that the uranyl phosphate layers themselves are quite stable in the temperature range although the interlayer water molecules are lost easily. The presence of a mixed phase of saleeite and metatorbernite is confirmed in the micrometer and nanometer scales. However, SEM and TEM examination suggest saleeite and metatorbemite generally grow separately, and rarely form solid solution or interstratification. The results imply that U is retained in uranyl phosphate minerals even when the temperature at around repositories increases, and that saleeite and metatorbernite precipitate independently from solution according to their solubilities even when Mg2+ and Cu2+ coexist in solution.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 506: Symposium – Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management XXI , 1997 , 839
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1998

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