Fig. 1: Rietveld profile made against PXRD data collected on synthesised 5 mol% Am-doped ZrO2. | Communications Chemistry

Fig. 1: Rietveld profile made against PXRD data collected on synthesised 5 mol% Am-doped ZrO2.

From: Structural and chemical insights on the incorporation of americium into zircaloy-derived monoclinic zirconia

Fig. 1: Rietveld profile made against PXRD data collected on synthesised 5 mol% Am-doped ZrO2.

The black markers, upper and lower red lines respectively represent collected data, refined model and the difference curve. The vertical purple and blue markers respectively represent the (Am4+0.011(7)Zr4+0.989(7))O2 monoclinic (SG P21/c) and C-type (Am1-xZrx)O3+x (SG Ia-3) structures determined where their respective refined phase amounts are 98.15(6) and 1.85(6)%. Aberrations in the background are associated with the resin holder that the sample was mounted in. Rwp (%) = 1.95% and Rp (%) = 2.70%. Justification and detail for the final determined structures are provided in the section “Phase Composition Determination via Vegard’s Law”.

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