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A Multi-Technique Characterization of Cronstedtite Synthesized by Iron-Clay Interaction in a Step-By-Step Cooling Procedure

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2024

I. Pignatelli ,
E. Mugnaioli ,
J. Hybler ,
R. Mosser-Ruck ,
M. Cathelineau  and
N. Michau
I. Pignatelli*
Affiliation:
GeoRessources UMR-CNRS 7359, Université de Lorraine, Faculté des sciences et technologies, Campus Aiguillettes, BP 70239, 54506 Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France
E. Mugnaioli
Affiliation:
Institut für Physikalische Chemie, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Welderweg 11, 55128, Mainz, Germany
J. Hybler
Affiliation:
Institute of Physics, Academy of Science of Czech Republic, Cukrovarnicka 10, 16253, Prague 6, Czech Republic
R. Mosser-Ruck
Affiliation:
GeoRessources UMR-CNRS 7359, Université de Lorraine, Faculté des sciences et technologies, Campus Aiguillettes, BP 70239, 54506 Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France
M. Cathelineau
Affiliation:
GeoRessources UMR-CNRS 7359, Université de Lorraine, Faculté des sciences et technologies, Campus Aiguillettes, BP 70239, 54506 Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France
N. Michau
Affiliation:
Agence nationale pour la gestion des déchets radioactifs (ANDRA), Direction Recherche et Développement/Service Colis et Matériaux, Parc de la Croix Blanche, 1/7 rue Jean Monnet, 92298, Châtenay-Malabry Cedex, France
*
*E-mail address of corresponding author: isabella.pignatelli@univ-lorraine.fr
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Abstract

The cooling of steel containers in radioactive-waste storage was simulated in a step-by-step experiment from 90 to 40ºC. Among newly formed clay minerals observed in run products, cronstedtite was identified by a number of analytical techniques (powder X-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy, and scanning electron microscopy). Cronstedtite has not previously been recognized to be so abundant and so well crystallized in an iron—clay interaction experiment. The supersaturation of experimental solutions with respect to cronstedtite was due to the availability of Fe and Si in solution, as a result of the dissolution of iron metal powder, quartz, and minor amounts of other silicates. Cronstedtite crystals are characterized by various morphologies: pyramidal (truncated or not) with a triangular base and conical with a rounded or hexagonal cross-section. The pyramidal crystals occur more frequently and their polytypes (2M1, 1M, 3T) were identified by selected area electron diffraction patterns and by automated diffraction tomography. Cronstedtite is stable within the 90-60ºC temperature range. At temperatures of ⩽ 50ºC, the cronstedite crystals showed evidence of alteration.

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CronstedtiteExperimental Iron-clay InteractionMDO PolytypesRadioactive Waste Storage

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Clays and Clay Minerals , Volume 61 , Issue 4 , August 2013 , pp. 277 - 289
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Copyright © The Clay Minerals Society 2013

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