Diffuse reflectance spectroscopy of tetravalent neptunium and plutonium ions in ThO2

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Zhang, Yingjie [1 ]
Vance, Eric R. [1 ]
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[1] Australian Nucl Sci & Technol Org, Inst Mat Sci & Engn, Menai, NSW 2234, Australia
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10.1016/j.jnucmat.2007.07.020
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T [工业技术];
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Near infrared (4000-12000 cm(-1)) absorption spectra of Pu4+ and Np4+ dilutely incorporated in air-fired polycrystalline ThO2 were collected at ambient temperature and showed several well-defined absorption bands having widths of a few hundred cm(-1). These bands are ascribed to f-f single-ion electronic transitions and increase in intensity with Np and Pu concentration up to 0.03 formula units (f.u.). Reheating samples in H-2/N-2 atmosphere at 1400 degrees C did not produce obvious spectral change for Np-doped ThO2 and therefore no evidence of the formation of Np3+. However, the spectral lines attributed to Pu4+ decreased by approximately a factor of six in intensity, which implies reduction Of Pu4+ to Pu3+. (C) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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