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Radiation Resistance and Hydrolytic Stability of Y0.95Gd0.05PO4-Based Ceramics with the Xenotime Structure

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The Y0.95Gd0.05PO4 phosphate with the xenotime structure has been synthesized in powder form and as ceramics. Ceramics with a relative density of ~99% have been produced by spark plasma sintering. The sintering temperature was 1140°C and the sintering time was ~18 min, without isothermal holding. We have assessed the radiation resistance of the ceramics under irradiation with 132Xe26+ ions and investigated the restoration of the obtained metamict phase to a crystalline one via high-temperature heat treatment. No complete amorphization of the samples has been reached at the fluences used in this study. The calculated critical fluence is (9.2 ± 0.1) × 1014 cm–2, and the calculated latent track radius is ~2.8 nm. Hydrolytic tests have shown that the phosphate under study is stable in water under dynamic conditions. The observed Y and Gd leaching rates were Ri = 1.68 × 10–6 and 1.5 × 10–7 g/(cm2 day), respectively.

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This work was supported by the Russian Science Foundation, project no. 16-13-10464.

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  1. Lobachevsky State University, 603022, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia

    D. A. Mikhailov, E. A. Potanina, A. I. Orlova, A. V. Nokhrin, M. S. Boldin, O. A. Belkin, N. V. Sakharov & V. N. Chuvil’deev

  2. Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980, Dubna, Moscow region, Russia

    V. A. Skuratov & N. S. Kirilkin

  3. National Nuclear Research University MIFI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute), 115409, Moscow, Russia

    V. A. Skuratov

  4. Dubna State University, 141982, Dubna, Moscow region, Russia

    V. A. Skuratov

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Mikhailov, D.A., Potanina, E.A., Orlova, A.I. et al. Radiation Resistance and Hydrolytic Stability of Y0.95Gd0.05PO4-Based Ceramics with the Xenotime Structure. Inorg Mater 57, 760–765 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0020168521070128

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