A New Synthesis of Hollandite. A Possibility for Immobilization of Nuclear Waste

Na-buserite exchanges readily its Na+ for other ions. When Ba2+ is incorporated, dehydration to Ba-birnessite occurs. Subsequent heating at temperatures of ca. 500-800 °C in air in a furnace leads within hours to a structural rearrangement and to nucleation of hollandite. The latter is a tectomanga...

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Main Authors: Rudolf Giovanoli, Bernhard Balmer
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Swiss Chemical Society 1981-02-01
Series:CHIMIA
Online Access:https://www.chimia.ch/chimia/article/view/9510
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Summary:Na-buserite exchanges readily its Na+ for other ions. When Ba2+ is incorporated, dehydration to Ba-birnessite occurs. Subsequent heating at temperatures of ca. 500-800 °C in air in a furnace leads within hours to a structural rearrangement and to nucleation of hollandite. The latter is a tectomanganate with Ba2+ ions sitting in a tight fit in tunnels. The content of these tunnels is not exchangeable. The new way of synthesis is a topotactical reaction and leads to less finely divided products than previous preparation methods starting from MnO4- solutions. The new synthesis is also much easier than previously used hydrothermal methods. The product of analytical composition BaMn2III Mn6IV O16 provides a means for immobilization of waste ions of appropriate size (≈ 1.4 Å) and is thermally stable up to 800 °C.
ISSN:0009-4293
2673-2424