Yttrium substitution in MTiO3 (M=Ca, Sr, Ba and Ca+Sr+Ba) perovskites and implication for incorporation of fission products into ceramic waste forms

Nissim U. Navi, Giora Kimmel, Jacob Zabicky, Sergey V. Ushakov, Roni Z. Shneck, Moshe H. Mintz, Alexandra Navrotsky

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Abstract

CaTiO3 has been proposed as a ceramic waste form for immobilization of radioactive waste that might include short-lived fission products 137Cs and 90Sr and consequently their decay products 137Ba (stable), 90Y (intermediate), and 90Zr (stable). In order to characterize substitution relations of Y3+ for M2+ (M=Ca, Sr, Ba singly or in combination) in MTiO3, precursor mixtures with nominal atomic ratios of M:Y:Ti=0.75:0.25:1 were synthesized by solid-state reactions. To ensure homogeneous starting material and to explore low temperature behavior of the Ca-Y-Ti-O system, coprecipitated xerogel powder was synthesized and heated to various temperatures for different periods of time. All M-Y-Ti-O systems formed two major phase mixtures of perovskite MTiO3 and pyrochlore Y 2Ti2O7 with low substitution of M2+ by Y3+ in MTiO3 and Y3+ by M2+ in Y2Ti2O7. The study of xerogel confirmed the tendency of the formation of mixtures of CaTiO3 and Y 2Ti2O7 phases, even at lower temperature. The temperature dependence of the substitution of Ca2+ by Y3+ in CaTiO3 appears to be small. Despite the minor substitution of M by Y in the perovskite no significant 90Y3+ build-up is expected to occur in the waste form due to the rapid decay of 90Y3+ relative to that of 90Sr2+.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)3112-3116
Number of pages5
JournalJournal of the American Ceramic Society
Volume94
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 2011
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Ceramics and Composites
  • Materials Chemistry

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