Table 1 Refined lattice parameters for 5 mol% Am-doped ZrO2 for determined phases m-(Am0.011(7)Zr0.989(7))O2 and C-type (Am1-xZrx)2O3+x in addition reference data for m-ZrO225, C-type Am2O331 and Am2Zr2O730

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

Phase

m-(Am0.011(7)Zr0.989(7))O2

m-ZrO2

C-type (Am1-xZrx)2O3+x

C-type Am2O3+x

Am2Zr2O7

Reference

Present study

Gualtieri et al.25

Present study

Epifano et al.31

Belin et al.30

SG

P21/c

P21/c

Ia-3

Ia-3

Fd-3m

a (Å)

5.1626(4)

5.14604(6)

10.3914(18)

10.92(2)

10.66849(4)

b (Å)

5.2156 (2)

5.21162(7)

-

-

-

c (Å)

5.3314(4)

5.31308(7)

-

-

-

β (o)

99.1744(2)

99.222(1)

-

-

-

V3)

141.714(4) Å3

140.651(3)

1122.1(6)

1302.171(5)

1214.252(4)

  1. Justification and detail for the final determined structures is provided in the section “Phase composition determination via vegard’s law”.