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Thermochemical Comparison of the Systems Re-O and Tc-O

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Technetium is a hazardous fission product with a long half-life. In vitrification of nuclear waste, technetium tends to be lost substantially by evaporation [1], and the formation of gaseous Tc oxides is assumed to be the reason. Reliable thermochemical treatment of the problem is difficult, since data on the Tc-O system are surprisingly scarce [2]. Therefore, the system Re-O is treated for comparison. Key thermodynamic data for the condensed rhenium oxides exist [3,4,5] as well as measurements on the sublimation and the evaporation of the oxides [6–11]. Consistency of the different data is investigated by assessing the sublimation data of solid Re2O7, using them to calculate other sublimation equilibria and to compare the results with published measurements. Then a predominance area diagram is constructed and discussed with respect to the pressures of the gaseous oxides and their dependence on the temperature, oxygen partial pressure, and condensed oxide phase present. Predominance area diagrams of the Tc-O system are calculated and critically discussed. Owing to the small amout of available data, the possible existence of solid TcO3 is discussed. Comparison with the system Re-O is used to clarify, where further investigations need to be done.

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Migge, H. Thermochemical Comparison of the Systems Re-O and Tc-O. MRS Online Proceedings Library 127, 205–213 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1557/PROC-127-205

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