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Coordination nature of phase separation in oxide melts

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The behavior of uranium oxide-silica, zirconia-alumina, zirconia-iron oxide, uranium oxideiron oxide, zirconia-alumina-iron oxide, and uranium oxide-iron oxide-zirconia melts was experimentally investigated in the air. The existence of two-phase fluids in these systems was confirmed. It is proposed that the reason for the phase separation is the formation of complexes with the general formula x[M3+O8/2] [Me4+O8/2]. The influence of a complex concentration on the density and surface tension of melts in the ZrO2-Al2O3 system was demonstrated.

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  1. St. Petersburg State Technological Institute (Technical University), Moskovskii pr. 26, St. Petersburg, 198013, Russia

    Yu. P. Udalov

  2. St. Petersburg State Electrotechnical University, ul. Prof. Popova 5, St. Petersburg, 197376, Russia

    I. V. Pozniak & A. Yu. Pechenkov

  3. Nuclear Research Institute Rez plc, Husinec-Rez 130, 250 68, Rez, Czech Republic

    P. Sazavsky, M. Kiselova, I. Schrank & J. Pospekhova

  4. CEA, DEN, DTN/STRI/LMA, F13108, St. Paul lez Durance, France

    P. Piluzo

  5. KTN, NPS, AlbaNova University Center, SE-10691, Stockholm, Sweden

    D. V. Grishchenko

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Original Russian Text © Yu.P. Udalov, I.V. Pozniak, A.Yu. Pechenkov, P Sazavsky, M. Kiselova, I. Schrank, J. Pospekhova, P. Piluzo, D.V. Grishchenko, 2013, published in Fizika i Khimiya Stekla.

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Udalov, Y.P., Pozniak, I.V., Pechenkov, A.Y. et al. Coordination nature of phase separation in oxide melts. Glass Phys Chem 39, 431–443 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1087659613040202

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