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Microstructure and Chemistry of an Aluminophosphate Glass Waste Form under Electron Beam Irradiation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

K. Sun ,
L. M. Wang  and
R. C. Ewing
K. Sun
Affiliation:
Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
L. M. Wang
Affiliation:
Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
R. C. Ewing
Affiliation:
Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
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Abstract

An alkali-containing (mainly sodium) aluminophosphate glass waste form was studied by analytical electron microscopy. Bright-field imaging showed that small bubbles formed under the electron irradiation even at a low electron dose (8×1022e/m2). These bubbles grew with the increase of the electron dose and were finally released at the surface of the sample. At the same time alkali elements were also lost under irradiation. At an electron dose of about 2.2×1026e/m2 (6.6×1011Gy), all the bubbles were released and no bubbles were formed with further irradiation. The glass was finally transformed to a pure aluminophosphate glass. Further irradiation resulted in the phase separation between the Al-rich and the P-rich phases. The electron irradiation damage effects on the aluminophosphate glass are compared to those observed in iron phosphate glasses.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 807: Symposium Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management XXVII , 2003 , 121
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2004

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