Structure of UC2 and U2C3:XRD, 13C NMR and EXAFS study
摘要:
In this study, uranium dicarbide (UC2) has been prepared by arc melting and heat treated under vacuum to form uranium sequicarbide (U2C3) in the presence of a second phase UC2-z. Both samples, as cast and heat treated, have been characterised by chemical analyses, X-ray diffraction (XRD), C-13 magic angle spinning nuclear magnetic resonance (MAS-NMR) and by extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS). The composition, the purity, the various environments of both U and C atoms as well as the bonds length with the coordination number have been determined. By combining a long-range order method (XRD) and short-range order spectroscopy techniques (EXAFS and NMR), a unique view on the microstructure of UC2, before and after heat treatment, and of U2C3 phase has been achieved. (C) 2013 Elsevier B. V. All rights reserved.
Equilibria of uranium carbides in the molten fluoride solutions of UF3 and UF4 contained in graphite at 850°K
作者:L.M. Toth、L.O. Gilpatrick
DOI:10.1016/0022-1902(73)80239-8
日期:1973.5
of dilute moltenfluoridesolutions of UF4 with UC, U2C3 and UC2 at 850°K has been investigated to establish that a UC2 phase, possibly oxygen stabilized, is the stable carbide phase in contact with dilute UF3-UF4 solutionscontained in graphite. The carbides were identified by X-ray powder patterns. Lattice parameters for these carbides are included. UF3 and UF4 concentrations in solution were measured
Infrared Spectra and Quantum Chemical Calculations of the Uranium Carbide Molecules UC and CUC with Triple Bonds
作者:Xuefeng Wang、Lester Andrews、Per-Åke Malmqvist、Björn O. Roos、António P. Gonçalves、Cláudia C. L. Pereira、Joaquim Marçalo、Claude Godart、Benjamin Villeroy
DOI:10.1021/ja102475t
日期:2010.6.23
Laser evaporation of carbon-rich uranium/carbon alloys followed by atom reactions in a solidargon matrix and trapping at 8 K gives weak infrared absorptions for CUO at 852 and 804 cm(-1). A new band at 827 cm(-1) becomes a doublet with mixed carbon 12 and 13 isotopes and exhibits the 1.0381 isotopic frequency ratio, which is appropriate for the UC diatomic molecule, and another new band at 891 cm(-1)
Abstract Electricalresistivities of arc-melted uranium carbides, UC, UC2, U2C3 and UC + UC2, were measured over the temperature range between 4 and 1900 K. The monocarbide, dicarbide and the mixture of carbides showed metallic character in their resistivity dependence on temperature above 30 K, while below this the resistivities were constant. U2C3 showed a knee in the resistivity curve at 54.0 K corresponding