Structure of yttria stabilized zirconia beads produced by gel supported precipitation

M. Walter; J. Somers; A. Fernandez; E. D. Specht; J. D. Hunn; P. Boulet; M. A. Denecke; C. Göbel

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Structure of yttria stabilized zirconia beads produced by gel supported precipitation

M. Walter, J. Somers, A. Fernandez, E. D. Specht, J. D. Hunn, P. Boulet, M. A. Denecke, C. Göbel

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Yttria stabilized zirconia (YSZ) is one of the inert matrix candidates selected for investigation as host matrix for minor actinide (MA) transmutation. The structural properties of (Zr_0.84, Y_0.16)O _1.92 beads prepared by a sol-gel method for MA infiltration, are characterized as calcined (850 °C) and sintered (1,600 °C) beads. The calcined YSZ beads are fine-grained and homogenous over the entire sphere and are surrounded by a uniform outer layer of approximately 30 μm thickness. After sintering at 1,600 °C, the beads are compacted to 51% of their initial volume and exhibit a granular structure. The thermal expansion is nearly linear for the calcined material, but shows a parabolic behavior for the sintered (1,400 °C) beads. In addition, the thermal expansion of calcined material is 20-25% less than after sintering. During heating up to 1,400 °C, two processes can be distinguished. The first occurs between 900 and 1,000 °C and is related to an increase in unit cell order. The second process involves grain-growth of the less crystalline calcined material between 1,100 and 1,300 °C. These results have implications for preparation of YSZ and its use as an inert MA transmutation matix.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	4650-4658
Number of pages	9
Journal	Journal of Materials Science
Volume	42
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-006-0515-8
State	Published - Jun 2007

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Acknowledgements We would like to acknowledge the assistance of Y. Martin Alvarez and H. Hein in the preparation of samples, J. Rothe and K. Dardenne for assistance using the INE-beamline, and thank the ANKA Angstroemquelle Karlsruhe for providing beamtime for the EXAFS measurements. X-ray tomography at ORNL was sponsored by the Office of Nuclear Energy, Science and Technology and Oak Ridge National Laboratory, managed by UT-Battelle, LLC, for the U.S. Department of Energy under contract No. DE-ACO5-00OR22725.

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