Abstract:
In order to study immobilization behavior and the effect of
241Am to crystal structure stability of pyrochlore, Nd was used as surrogate element for
241Am. A series of (La
1-yNd
y)
2Zr
2O
7(0.0≤y≤1.0) samples were synthesized by Sol-spray pyrolysis method. The crystal structure stability was characterized by powder X-ray diffraction and vibration spectrum. The results indicate that with the increase of Nd concentration in (La
1-yNd
y)
2Zr
2O
7, the values of the x48f parameter of the O48f and I
(111)/I
(222) increase regularly and Raman spectrum gradually broadens as well as IR spectrum happens blue shift, which proves that the ordering degree of crystal structure in (La
1-yNd
y)
2Zr
2O
7 gradually reduces with Nd constantly replacing La. In addition, experiments find that y≈0.8 is of the percolation threshold value to pyrochlore happening geometric phase transition, and order pyrochlore structure will have a sudden change and quickly transforms to the disordered fluorite structure with more than the threshold value. The experiment results can provide a reference to (La
1-yAm
y)
2Zr
2O
7 solid solution structure stability.