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A2B2O7 pyrochlore oxides are being considered as potential host materials for the immobilization of fission products. It is therefore important to establish the relative ability of these compounds to accommodate fission product ions. We address this issue by using computer simulations to predict the structures and relative equilibrium energies associated with solution of Sr2+ over an extensive compositional range. Results indicate that strontium is accommodated via substitution for A host cations with oxygen vacancy compensation. This results in a nonstoichiometric composition. Optimum compositions and defect clusters structures are identified by constructing contour energy maps.
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Pirzada, M., Grimes, R.W., Maguire, J. et al. Predictions of strontium accommodation in A2B2O7 pyrochlores. Journal of Materials Research 17, 2041–2047 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1557/JMR.2002.0302
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