Glass Waste Forms for Oak Ridge Tank Wastes: Fiscal Year 1997 Report for Task Plan SR-16WT-31, Task A

ABSTRACTA series of iron phosphate glass waste forms with compositions of 45Fe2O3-55P2O5, 20Fe2O3-80P2O5, and 20Fe2O3-20Na2O-60P2O5, namely FeP-1, FeP-2 and FeP-3, was studied by analytical electron microscopy (AEM). Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) bright-field (BF) imaging showed that under the electron irradiation, phase segregation occurred in both the FeP-1 and FeP-2 samples at high electron doses (3.84×1026 e/m2). In contrast, bubbles formed in the FeP-3 sample, even at a relatively low dose (2.88×1025 e/m2), which may be attributed to the migration of Na under irradiation as in the case in sodium borosilicate glass. Series electron energy-loss spectroscopy (EELS) analysis showed that the glass materials experienced mass-loss and composition variation. No obvious Fe valence state changes under irradiation were observed within the irradiation period.

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Shared Research Equipment at OAK Ridge National Laboratory

Microscopy and Microanalysis ◽

10.1017/s1431927600022479 ◽

1998 ◽

Vol 4 (S2) ◽

pp. 470-471

Author(s):

N. D. Evans ◽

E. A. Kenik ◽

M. K. Miller

Keyword(s):

Semiconductor Device ◽

National Laboratory ◽

Atomic Scale ◽

Fiscal Year ◽

Probe Field ◽

Oak Ridge ◽

Wide Range ◽

Oak Ridge National Laboratory ◽

Electron Microscopes ◽

Research Equipment

The Shared Research Equipment (SHaRE) User Facility and Program at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) provides microanalytical facilities for studies within the materials sciences. Available instrumentation includes advanced analytical electron microscopes, atom probe field ion microscopes, and nanoindentation facilities. Through SHaRE, researchers from U.S. universities, industries, and government laboratories may collaborate with Facility scientists to perform research not possible at their home institutions. International collaborations are also possible. Most SHaRE projects seek correlations at the microscopic or atomic scale between structure and properties in a wide range of metallic, ceramic, and other structural materials. Typical research projects include studies of magnetic materials, advanced alloys, catalysts, semiconductor device materials, high Tc superconductors, and surface-modified polymers. Projects usually involve one or more external researchers visiting the SHaRE Facility for up to three weeks during the fiscal year (October 1 - September 30). Project approval is based upon the scientific excellence and relevance of proposed collaborative research.

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