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Joanna Kulaszewska1, Sandra Dann1, Peter Warwick1
11 Department of Chemistry, Loughborough University , Loughborough LE11 3TU , UK.
Abstract:
Mineral phases which can be thought of as members of a metatorbernite-metazeunerite solid solution (Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2- x(AsO4) x.8H2O have been identified in radioactive samples from spoil heaps at the uranium mine site in South Terras, Cornwall (grid reference SW935523). A complete solid solution (0 < x < 2) was synthesized by precipitation from solution using uranium (VI) nitrate and copper (II) chloride and phosphoric acid/arsenic acid in the appropriate molar proportions. Refined unit cell parameters determined by Pawley fitting of powder X-ray diffraction data showed a linear variation in the a unit cell parameter according to Vegard's Law, allowing the composition of the natural mineral phases found at South Terras to be determined from measurement of their unit cell parameters. High-resolution variable-temperature synchrotron powder X-ray diffraction studies were carried out at the Diamond Light Source on three members of this solid solution ( x = 0, 1, 2) and showed different structural behaviour as a function of composition and temperature. Metatorbenite ( x = 0) retains its tetragonal symmetry at low temperatures and dehydrates to an amorphous phase at 473 K, whereas metazeunrite ( x = 2) transforms to an orthorhombic phase at low temperatures, regains its tetragonal symmetry on heating to 323 K and undergoes a further transition to an, as yet, unidentified phase at 473 K. This article is part of the theme issue 'Fifty years of synchrotron science: achievements and opportunities'.
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