Author:
McGlinn Peter J.,McLeod Terry,Leturcq Gilles,Aly Zaynab,Blackford Mark G.,Zhang Zhaoming,Li Huijun,Lumpkin Gregory R.
Abstract
ABSTRACTNd-bearing zirconolite was leached at 90°C for 6 months in 0.001M citric acid, and also in deionised water, to determine the effect of organic-bearing solutions on durability. The pH of the citric acid solution was adjusted to 5 using KOH, approximating that of the water in the parallel tests, to avoid the influence of pH on chemical durability of the zirconolite.Releases were incongruent in the tests carried out in water. Release rates of Ti, Zr and Nd were comparatively very low (commonly too low to be measured) over the first 80 days of leaching. Rates for Ca and Al were 2 to 4 orders of magnitude higher than Ti, Zr and Nd over this same period. At about 80 days, there was an anomalous decrease in pH from 6 to 4 which enhanced release rates of Ti and Nd in particular. There was development of titania crystals, and the suggestion of hydrolysed titania, on the surface after 6 months. Thermodynamic equilibrium between the leachates and hydrolysed species on the surface of the zirconolite may be the key to apparent cessation of alteration, at least during thefirst 80 days of leaching.By contrast, zirconolite leached in 0.001M citric acid maintained release rates of Ti, Zr and Nd 2 to 4 orders of magnitude greater than those in water for the first 80 days, values sustained, within an order of magnitude, for the remainder of the leach tests. Releases were congruent. The surface of the zirconolite showed no signs of secondary phase development. This suggests complexation by citrate ions prevented control by hydrolysed species on zirconolite solubility.
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
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