| dc.description.abstract | A salt-inclusion mixed-valence uranium(V,VI) silicate,[Na9F2][(UVO2)(UVIO2)2(Si2O7)2](A1), and a uranium(IV) phosphate,Na10UIV2(PO4)6 (A2), was synthesized under hydrothermal condition at 585oCand 160MPa, and structurally characterized by powder and single X-raydiffraction. These compounds were further characterized by EDX, EPMA, XPS
and SHG.
Compound A1 is a novel uranium(V,VI) silicate. The structure caotains 2D sheet of uranyl sorosilicate with the composition [UO2Si2O7] which connected by U(1)VO6etragonal bipyramids to form thick layers. The Na+ cations are located at sites in the intralayer and interlayer regions. In adition to Na+ cations,the interlayer region also contains F- anions such that infinite chains with theformula FNa1/1Na4/2 are formed. The compound A1 is not only the first example of salt-inclusion metal silicate synthesized under high-temperature,high-pressure hydrothermal onditions, the first salt-inclusion mixed-valence uranium silicate, but also the first mixed-valence uranium(V,VI) silicate in the
literature.
Compound A2 is a new tetravalent uranium phosphates. The valence state of uranium was established by U 4f X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. The structure contains UO8 snub-disphenoidal polyhedral which are linked to monophosphate tetrahedral bt vertex- and edge-sharing such that a 3D framework with 12-sided circular and rectangular channels is fromed. All ten sodium sites are situated inside the channels and are fully occupied. These are the first uranium(IV) phosphate synthesized under high-temperature, high-pressure hydrothermal condition. | en_US |