The influence of strontium content and sintering temperature on monazite stability

Authors

  • Miljana Mirković Department of Materials, „VINČA" Institute of Nuclear Sciences - National Institute of the Republic of Serbia, University of Belgrade
  • Jelena Maletaškić Department of Materials, „VINČA" Institute of Nuclear Sciences - National Institute of the Republic of Serbia, University of Belgrade
  • Svetlana Butulija Department of Materials, „VINČA" Institute of Nuclear Sciences - National Institute of the Republic of Serbia, University of Belgrade
  • Ljubica Andjelković University of Belgrade-Institute of Chemistry, Technology and Metallurgy, Department of Chemistry
  • Marija Šuljagić University of Belgrade-Institute of Chemistry, Technology and Metallurgy, Department of Chemistry

Abstract

This paper shows a simple way to synthesize a series of Ce1-xSrxPO4 ceramic materials using acetate solutions of Ce and Sr instead of nitrate which were used so far. For synthesis, the preparation method was used by simple mixing of acetate solutions of Ceand Sr(, with NaH2PO4 at room temperature, and the studied compositions were Ce1-xSrxPO4 (where x = 0, 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5). The disintegration of Sr in monazite structures in different sintering temperature ranges from 600 °C to 1000 °C was investigated. The X-ray diffraction was used to track the evolution of the phase composition with thermal treatment. The morphology of sintered ceramics was obtained by scanning electron microscopy and vibrational bands of selected spectra were observed using the FT-IR method. Relative geometric density of selected samples was evaluated. The most favorable conditions for obtaining high-temperature Ce, Sr phosphate-based ceramic material are reported.

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Published

2022-10-25

Issue

Vol. 56 No. 1 (2024)

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