Abstract
Citrate–nitrate combustion method was adopted for the synthesis of RE6UO12 (RE = Dy and Tb). These compounds were characterized by X-ray diffraction. Thermal expansion coefficient of these compounds were measured in the temperature range of 298–1,273 K by high temperature X-ray powder diffractometry (HT-XRD) and compared with other rare earth compounds reported in the literature. There was no observed phase transition in Dy6UO12, but Tb6UO12 showed a second-order phase transition at 670 K which was confirmed using differential scanning calorimeter. The average volume thermal expansion coefficient of Dy6UO12 in the temperature range of 298–1,273 K is (29.82 ± 4.02) × 10−6 and that of Tb6UO12 in the temperature range of 298–673 K is (13.76 ± 2.64) × 10−6 K−1.
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