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Development of an environmentally friendly protective coating for the depleted uranium-0.75 wt.% titanium alloy. Part IV. Vibrational spectroscopy of the coating

  • Stony Brook University
  • Brookhaven National Laboratory

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Abstract

Molybdenum oxide based conversion coatings have been formed on the surface of the depleted uranium-0.75 wt.% titanium alloy and the coating structure was found to undergo changes as it ages. Raman and Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopies have been performed to examine these changes. Raman spectroscopic measurements indicate that the coating is based on an octamolybdate structure and FT-IR experiments show that uranyl hydroxide is present in the as-made coating but no longer apparent in the aged coatings, supporting the proposed mechanism describing the aging of the coating. Both techniques show that none of the molybdenum is in the form of tetrahedral molybdates.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)4815-4820
Number of pages6
JournalElectrochimica Acta
Volume51
Issue number23
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 15 2006

Keywords

  • Corrosion
  • FT-IR
  • Molybdate coatings
  • Raman
  • Uranium alloys

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