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The elemental and ionic quantitative analyses of the synthetic lanthanide borosilicate glass (Al-B-Gd-Hf-La-Nd-Pu-Si-Sr-O) are performed using the characteristics of the X-ray photoelectron spectra of the outer-shell and inner-shell electrons in the binding energy range 0–1000 eV. The oxidation states of the metal ions in this glass are determined and correspond to the Al3+, La3+, Nd3+, Gd3+, Hf4+, Pu4+, Si4+, and Sr2+ ions. Taking into account the binding energies of the O 1s electrons for the glass sample under investigation, the average lengths of metal-oxygen bonds on the surface of the sample are estimated to be 0.191 and 0.176 nm, which correspond to oxygen binding energies of 531.3 and 532,3 eV, respectively.
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Original Russian Text © K.I. Maslakov, S.V. Stefanovsky, A.Yu. Teterin, Yu.A. Teterin, J.C. Marra, 2009, published in Fizika i Khimiya Stekla.
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Maslakov, K.I., Stefanovsky, S.V., Teterin, A.Y. et al. X-ray photoelectron study of lanthanide borosilicate glass. Glass Phys Chem 35, 21–27 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1087659609010039
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