X-ray absorption near edge structure (XANES) study of the speciation of uranium and thorium in Al-rich CaSiO3 perovskite
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Steeve Gréaux
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François Farges
Abstract
X-ray absorption spectroscopy was used to investigate the oxidation state of uranium in various Uand Th-bearing Al-rich CaSiO3 perovskite samples synthesized at high-pressure and high-temperature using a multi-anvil press apparatus. X-ray absorption near edge spectroscopy (XANES) spectra collected at the U LIII- and Th LIII-edges using both micro- and macro-focused beams show U4+ in the Al-rich CaSiO3 perovskite. The structure of the U- and Th-bearing Al-rich CaSiO3 perovskite samples have been cross-checked by XANES spectra collected at the Ca K-, Al K-, and Si K-edges. Al K and Si K spectra suggest that Al incorporates exclusively on the Si site of the CaSiO3 perovskite. Ca K spectra of the (U,Th)-bearing Al-rich CaSiO3 perovskite samples were succesfully compared to FEFF8.2 ab initio models of a tetragonal CaSiO3 perovskite with space group P4/mmm.
Our results confirm previous assumptions of the coupled substitution of CaSi2 by UAl2 in CaSiO3 perovskite and that U and Th can be incorporated separately or together in CaSiO3 perovskite by means of this mechanism. The possible occurrence of the U- and Th-bearing Al-rich CaSiO3 perovskite are discussed as a potential candidate to locally host a large amount of actinides in the Earth’s deep mantle. The study of a phase that can act as a storage mineral for heat-producing actinide elements such as uranium and thorium is fundamental to the understanding of the geodynamics and thermal behavior of Earth.
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