Electrical conductivity of UO2-ThO2 solid solutions
Electrical conductivity of UO2-ThO2 solid solutions
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UO2-ThO2固溶体的电导率
DOI:
10.1016/0022-3115(73)90144-x
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发表时间:
1973
影响因子:
3.1
通讯作者:
H. M. Lee
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作者:
H. M. Lee
The electrical conductivities of UO 2+ x. ThO 2 and their solid solutions, in thermodynamic equilibrium with the gas phase, were measured as a function of temperature, and of oxygen partial pressure in the temperatnre range 800 to 1200° C. The slope of the plot log α versus 1/T for UO 2+ x and UO 2-rich solid solutions exhibits a single region, whereas in the ThO 2-rich solid solutions it exhibits two regions. The pressure dependence of the conductivity (σ) in the UO 2-rich solid solutions can be represented by σ∝[O i]∝ p o 2 1 2 in the range of 0.01< x< 0.1. Here, O i is an interstitial oxygen and p o 2 the partial pressure of oxygen, and it varies with the ThO 2 content. At greater deviation from stoichiometry (x⩾ 0.1) the presence of U 4 O 9 or (Th U) 4 O 9 phases influences the conductivity data. In ThO 2 or ThO 2-rich solid solutions. P-type conduction at high oxygen pressures is interpreted as arising from the incorporation of excess oxygen into oxygen vacancies.