Infrared and Raman investigation of rare-earth phosphate glasses for potential use as radioactive waste forms. Historically Black Colleges and Universities Radioactive Waste Management Research Program: Final technical report

摘要

This project was designed to investigate the properties of the rare-earth phosphate glasses CeO(sub 2)-P(sub 2)O(sub 5) and Pr(sub 2)O(sub 3)-P(sub 2)O(sub 5) for potential use as radioactive waste glasses. The research involved determination of the glass-forming region, loading capacity, and optimum processing parameters of the glasses. Structural studies of the unloaded host glasses and glasses loaded with simulated waste elements were to be done using Raman, infrared and infrared reflection spectroscopy. Leach testing and spectroscopic studies of the corroded surfaces were also to be performed.