Speaker
Theresa Lender
Description
Monazite is being investigated as a host for long-term storage of radioactive waste, especially actinides. While trivalent cations can easily be incorporated via a simple substitution reaction the incorporation of tetravalent ions has proven difficult. Synthesis of the solid solution LaPO4 – Ca0.5Ce0.5PO4 has been attempted resulting in an unexpected non-linear change of lattice parameters. Possible causes for this behavior will be investigated via various analytical techniques.
Primary author
Theresa Lender
Co-author
Lars Peters
(Institute of Crystallography, RWTH Aachen University, Germany)
