Detection and identification of solids, surfaces, and solutions of uranium using vibrational spectroscopy

G Lu, AJ Haes, TZ Forbes - Coordination chemistry reviews, 2018‏ - Elsevier
The purpose of this review is to provide an overview of uranium speciation using vibrational
spectroscopy methods including Raman and IR. Uranium is a naturally occurring …

Optical spectroscopy and modeling of uranium gas-phase oxidation: Progress and perspectives

EJ Kautz, EN Weerakkody, MS Finko, D Curreli… - … Acta Part B: Atomic …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Studies related to U gas-phase oxidation through plasma-and thermo-chemistry are
important for many fields, including environmental monitoring, forensic analysis, debris …

A sustainable peroxide assisted dissolution of uranium oxides in ionic liquids and electrochemical Recovery: A feasibility study

P Goyal, A Sengupta, A Srivastava, S Mukherjee… - Journal of Molecular …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
The present manuscript demonstrated the dissolution of oxides of uranium, mainly UO 2, via
surface oxidation by H 2 O 2 into ionic liquid at ambient temperature within 4 h of …

Crystal structure and magnetism of actinide oxides: A review

BK Rai, A Bretaña, G Morrison… - Reports on Progress …, 2024‏ - iopscience.iop.org
The consequences of 5f electrons in the actinide elements are as interesting as they are
complex, with actinide systems displaying dual nature of 5f states (itinerant-localized) …

Projector augmented-wave pseudopotentials for uranium-based compounds

E Torres, TP Kaloni - Computational Materials Science, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Electronic structure density functional theory calculations, within the plane-wave
pseudopotential approach, have become an important method for the study of material …

What Is the Actual Local Crystalline Structure of Uranium Dioxide, UO2? A New Perspective for the Most Used Nuclear Fuel

L Desgranges, Y Ma, P Garcia, G Baldinozzi… - Inorganic …, 2017‏ - ACS Publications
Up to now, uranium dioxide, the most used nuclear fuel, was said to have a Fm 3̅ m
crystalline structure from 30 to 3000 K, and its behavior was modeled under this assumption …

Density Functional Theory Study of the Thermodynamic and Raman Vibrational Properties of γ-UO3 Polymorph

F Colmenero, LJ Bonales, J Cobos… - The Journal of Physical …, 2017‏ - ACS Publications
Gamma uranium trioxide, γ-UO3, is one of the most important polymorphs in uranium
trioxide system, which is common throughout the nuclear fuel cycle and used industrially in …

The thermal decomposition of studtite: analysis of the amorphous phase

NBA Thompson, VL Frankland, JWG Bright… - … of radioanalytical and …, 2021‏ - Springer
Studtite is known to exist at the back-end of the nuclear fuel cycle as an intermediate phase
formed in the reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel. In the thermal decomposition of studtite, an …

Computationally Guided Investigation of the Optical Spectra of Pure β-UO3

TL Spano, AE Shields, B Barth, JD Gruidl… - Inorganic …, 2020‏ - ACS Publications
Single-phase β-UO3 is synthesized by flash heating UO2 (NO3)· 6H2O in air to 450° C and
annealing for 60 h under the same conditions. For the first time, we report the Raman …

Experimental investigation of uranium volatility during vapor condensation

B Koroglu, Z Dai, M Finko, MR Armstrong… - Analytical …, 2020‏ - ACS Publications
The predictive models that describe the fate and transport of radioactive materials in the
atmosphere following a nuclear incident (explosion or reactor accident) assume that …