Tailoring the radiation tolerance of vanadate–phosphate fluorapatites by chemical composition control

• Main Authors: Lu, Fengyuan, Dong, Zhili, Zhang, Jiaming, White, Timothy John, Ewing, Rodney C., Lian, Jie
• Other Authors: School of Materials Science & Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Materials
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/99777; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/17738
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The apatite-type structure of AI4AII6(BO4)6(OH, F, Cl)2 (AI, AII = Ca, Na, rare earths, fission product elements such as I and Tc, and/or actinides; B = Si, P, V, or Cr) offers unique structural advantages as an advanced nuclear waste form because a wide variety of actinides and fission products can...