Abstract
Characterization of samarium, and europium beta”-alumina derivatives has been carried out using x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). Beta”-alumina has been widely studied as a material capable of incorporating many different cations into its lattice structure, such as sodium and many of the lanthanide elements. This unique behavior has been recently explored at Oak Ridge National Laboratory for separating samarium and europium from each other. The XPS of samarium and europium in the beta”-alumina structure are reported here. Additionally, the XPS spectra of the europium and samarium trichloride starting materials are presented in the database.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 102-111 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | Surface Science Spectra |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Dec 1 2016 |
Funding
The authors thank Jason Craig for sealing samples in quartz tubes and Randy Parten for cutting and grinding various samples. This Research is sponsored by the Laboratory Directed Research and Development Program at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, managed by UT-Battelle, LLC, for the U.S. Department of Energy.
| Funders | Funder number |
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| U.S. Department of Energy | |
| Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
Keywords
- beta”-alumina
- europium
- samarium