Intergranular Films and Pore Surfaces in Synroc C: Structure, Composition, and Dissolution Characteristics

J. A. COOPER*, D. R. COUSENS, J. A. HANNA, Roger A. LEWIS, S. MYHRA, R. L. SEGALL, R. St C. SMART, P. S. TURNER, T. J. WHITE

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Abstract

High‐resolution electron microscopy and scanning electron microscopy were used to determine the distribution of intergranular films, triple‐point regions, and microvoids in synroc C. Diffraction contrast derived from interphase films, which were 1 to 3 nm thick, and from triple points showed them to be ill‐defined crystallographically, and they may be described as glassy. Pores were usually several micrometers in extent and occurred principally in rutile‐rich areas. The chemical composition of these structural features was obtained using analytical transmission electron microscopy, secondaryion mass spectrometry, X‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and scanning Auger microscopy. Within intergranular films, elemental enhancement of cesium, sodium, potassium, and aluminum, and possibly silicon and molybdenum, was observed. Enhancement of cesium, sodium, phosphorus, aluminum, and silicon was found in triple‐point regions. Fracture faces preferentially expose boundaries between grains, and ion exchange of

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)347-352
Number of pages6
JournalJournal of the American Ceramic Society
Volume69
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Apr 1986
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • Ceramics and Composites
  • Materials Chemistry

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