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Accomplir les spécifications des nouvelles réglementations concernant les gaz d'échappement de post-traitement des technologies automobiles, par exemple, TWC, implique la disponibilité et l'utilisation de matériaux catalytiquement actifs et notamment des composés tampons d'oxygène, ce qui peut réversible stocker et libérer de grandes quantités de l'oxygène. Oxyde de cérium dopé présente encore aujourd'hui le seul composé de référence pour un support approprié, en raison de sa grande capacité de stockage de l'oxygène et possibilité de créer facilement des lacunes en ions d'oxygène. Cependant, pour des raisons économiques et de l'abondance naturelle très limitée à quelques pays, la substitution de l'oxyde de cérium semble être obligatoire; Dans ce contexte, nous notons que l'oxyde de cérium est partie de la liste des 13 matières premières économiquement importants qui ont été identifiés par la Commission européenne comme soumis à un risque élevé d'interruption de l'alimentation. Dans ce contexte, les oxydes de type brownmillérite sont d'un intérêt potentiel, car ils révèlent oxygène mobilité ionique jusqu'à la température ambiante. En outre, ils permettent de régler la présence de défauts étendus par exemple frontières anti-phase au cours de conditions de synthèse, et qui se sont avérés diminuer de manière significative l'énergie d'activation pour la diffusion d'oxygène. Nous avons ainsi pu montrer que vice-riche nano-Ca2Fe2O5, traditionnellement connue comme une ligne phase stoechiométrique, peut être oxydé dans des conditions douces à CaFeO3, tandis que l'oxydation de Ca2Fe2O5 ordinaire nécessite généralement des conditions de réaction extrême, soit 1100 ° C et plusieurs GPa pression partielle d'oxygène. Ainsi, l'introduction d'une forte concentration de défauts semble être un concept prometteur pour transformer ligne phases stoechiométriques même traditionnellement connus pour devenir une sorte d'éponge de l'oxygène et de se comporter en tant que composé de stockage / tampon d'oxygène à des températures très modérées. Ce comportement est donc comparable à la capacité de stockage d'oxygène d'oxyde de cérium dopé, et dispose d'un potentiel réel pour l'application dans la catalyse. Par conséquent, le brownmillérite Ca2Fe2O5 semble être un candidat prometteur pour étudier en raison de ses oxygène connue propriétés de conductivité ionique.Objectif principal de ce travail est d'établir la relation fondamentale entre structure / microstructure, propriétés de mobilité de l'oxygène et de l'activité catalytique, simultanément entrepris pour deux systèmes: Ca2Fe2O5 avec la structure brownmillérite-type et CeO2 avec une structure de type fluorite. Nous essentiellement exploré les critères sous-jacents qui régissent leur composition chimique / activité catalytique, utilisant de l'oxygène comportement d'échange des isotopes par TG expériences couples de MS. D'autres études utilisant la spectroscopie Raman essentiellement permis de conclure à partir d'une dynamique de réseau modifiées pour différents isotopes de l'oxygène à la différence entre masse et la participation à l'oxygène de la surface au mécanisme d'oxydation du CO en CO2. Pour une meilleure compréhension mécaniste de l'oxydation de CO, nous avons développé un nouveau test catalytique, par rapport à une variation dynamique de la pression partielle d'oxygène dans le récipient de réaction, ce qui permet de conclure à la fois sur l'activité catalytique du catalyseur et sa libération de l'oxygène / comportement absorption , non accessible par le test d'activité catalytique classique interprétée sous un flux de gaz constant. De cette façon, nous avons eu un nouvel aperçu de différencier la participation de la surface et de l'activité vrac d'oxygène pour les catalyseurs à base d'oxyde de cérium et Ca2Fe2O5 différente. / Accomplishing specifications of new regulations regarding automotive exhaust after-treatment technologies, e.g. TWC, imply the availability and usage of catalytically active materials and especially oxygen buffer compounds, which can reversibly store and release high quantities of the oxygen. Doped cerium oxide presents still today the only reference compound for a suitable support, due to its high oxygen storage capacity and ability to easily create oxygen ion vacancies. However, for economic reasons and very limited natural abundance to a few countries, the substitution of ceria appears to be mandatory; in this context we note that ceria is part of the list of 13 economically important raw materials which were identified by the European Commission as subject to a high risk of supply interruption.In this context, Brownmillerite-type oxides are of potential interest, since they reveal oxygen ion mobility down to ambient temperature. Furthermore, they allow to adjust the presence of extended defects e.g. anti-phase boundaries, during synthesis conditions, and which have been shown to significantly decrease the activation energy for oxygen diffusion. We were thus able to show that defect-rich nano-Ca2Fe2O5, traditionally known as a stoichiometric line-phase, can be oxidized under mild conditions to CaFeO3, while the oxidation of ordinary Ca2Fe2O5 usually requires extreme reaction conditions, i.e. 1100°C and several GPa oxygen partial pressure. Thus, introducing a high concentration of defects seems to be a promising concept to transform even traditionally known stoichiometric line-phases to become a kind of oxygen sponge and behave as oxygen storage/buffer compound at very moderate temperatures. This behavior is thus comparable to the oxygen storage capacity of doped cerium oxide, and offers a true potential for application in the catalysis. Consequently, the Brownmillerite Ca2Fe2O5 appears to be a promising candidate to study due to its known oxygen ion conductivity properties.Primary aim of this work is to establish fundamental relation between structure/microstructure, oxygen mobility properties and catalytic activity, simultaneously undertaken for two systems: Ca2Fe2O5 with Brownmillerite-type structure and CeO2 with Fluorite-type structure. We essentially explored the underlying criteria governing their chemical/catalytic activity, using oxygen isotope exchange behavior by TG couples MS experiments. Further studies using essentially Raman spectroscopy allowed concluding from a modified lattice dynamics for different oxygen isotopes to differentiate between bulk and surface oxygen participation to the oxidation mechanism of CO to CO2. For a deeper mechanistic understanding of the CO oxidation, we developed a new catalytic test, based on a dynamic variation of the oxygen partial pressure in the reaction vessel, allowing to conclude simultaneously on the catalytic activity of the catalyst and its oxygen release/uptake behavior, not accessible by the classical catalytic activity test performed under constant gas flow. In this way we got a new insight to differentiate the participation of surface and bulk oxygen activity for different Ca2Fe2O5 and ceria based catalysts.

Em uma das etapas do processo de produção do dióxido de urânio, obtém-se como subproduto o fluoreto de amônio em solução. O dióxido de urânio é utilizado na confecção dos elementos que abastecem às Usinas Nucleares.Na unidade fabril da empresa Indústrias Nucleares do Brasil S. A.,esse material sintético é cristalizado em um oneroso e delicado processo de secagem, utilizando grandes equipamentos e considerável quantidade de insumos.A unidade fabril em questão é capaz de produzir anualmente pouco mais de 130 toneladasde fluoreto de amônio seco e a perspectiva atual é favorável à expansão da capacidade instalada. Atualmente, não há destinação final ou aplicação prevista para esse material seco, ou seja, o material é armazenado por tempo indeterminado, onerando ainda mais a produção do combustível nuclear com os custos de manuseio e armazenagem. Este trabalho propõe-se a estudar uma rota alternativapara a síntese da fluorita, ou fluoreto de cálcio (CaF2), a partir da solução de fluoreto de amônio obtida como subproduto do processode produção do Dióxido de Urânio, verificando qual o melhor agente precipitante e estabelecendo as melhores condições para o processo de síntese. A fluorita possui uma vasta aplicação, principalmente nos campos da química, siderurgia e cerâmica. Os melhores resultados foram obtidos utilizando-se calcita (CaCO3) como agente precipitante, mantidas as condições de processo: temperatura (Treação) =70 ºC; tempo de residência (treação) = 2 h e relação estequiométrica entre os reagentes (RE) = 1:1. A calcita foi caracterizada por ICP/OES, difratometria de raios-X (DRX) e microscopia eletrônica de varredura acoplada a espectrômetro de energia dispersiva (MEV/EDS).Os produtos foram caracterizados por DRX e MEV/EDS. / At the uranium dioxide production process, ammonium fluoride is obtainedas a byproduct. Uranium dioxide is used at the production of fuel assemblies for Nuclear Mills.At Indústrias Nucleares do Brasil S. A. site, synthetic ammonium fluoride is crystallized in a costly and delicate drying process, which spends importantamounts of supplies. The industrial site in question is able to annually produce over 130 tons ofdryammonium fluoride and the current outlook is favorable to the expansion of installed capacity. Currently, there is no final destination or application provided for this dry material, i.e.,the material is stored indefinitely, further burdening the production of nuclear fuel with the handling and storage costs. This work proposes to study an alternative route for the synthesis of fluorite, or calcium fluoride (CaF2), from ammonium fluoride solution obtained as a by-product of uranium dioxide production process, checkingthe best precipitant agent and establishing the best conditions for the synthesis process.The fluorite has a wide application, particularly in the fields of chemistry, steel and ceramic. The best results were achievedusing calcite (CaCO3) as precipitating agent, keeping the process conditions: temperature (Treação) = 70 ° C; residence time (treação) = 2 h stoichiometric ratio between the reagents (ER) = 1:1.The calcite was characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscopy coupled with energy dispersive spectrometer (SEM/EDS).The products were characterized by XRD and SEM/EDS.

Neste trabalho foram realizadas medidas dos tempos de relaxação nuclear do 19F, em três amostras ternárias, não estequiométricas e que apresentam estrutura fluorita. Na amostra Na0.4Y0.6F2.2 foram medidos o tempo de relaxação spin-spin (T2) em função da temperatura nas fases onde sua estrutura não é fluorita (600K à 900K), e o tempo de relaxação spin-rede (T1), no mesmo intervalo de temperaturas, nas freqüências de Larmor: 20.42 MHz e 34.24 MHz. Obtivemos para as medidas de T1, um comportamento similar ao observado em sistemas com dois sítios inequivalentes. Na amostra Pb0.84Bi0.16F2.16 foram feitas medidas de T2 no intervalo de temperaturas 300K à 830K, dentro de um ciclo térmico de aquecimento e resfriamento, afim de se obter a energia de formação de defeitos. Porém a diferença de energia obtida, de 0.08 eV entre a energia obtida durante o aquecimento e o resfriamento, parece estar associada a mudanças estruturais nos clusters. Na amostra K0.04Bi0.06 F2.2: 2% PbF2 foram realizadas medidas de T2 em um intervalo de temperatura de 300K a 800K, dentro de um ciclo térmico. Não se observou mudança na energia de ativação durante o ciclo. Mediu-se também, no mesmo intervalo de temperaturas, T1 nas freqüências de Larmor: 11.71 MHz, 20.42 MHz e 34.24 MHz. A análise das curvas de T1 parece indicar a existência de dois mecanismos de saltos no material. / The 19F NMR relaxation times T1 and T2 were measured is ternary and nonstoichiometric compounds with the fluorite-type structure. We have studied the Na0.4Y0.6F2.2 crystal in the temperature range 600K to 900K, where the crystal hás not the fluorite structure. The T1 values were measured in two Larmor frequencies: 20.42 MHz and 34.24 MHz. The results for T1 were seem to be qualitatively similar to those measured in the system with two inequivalent sublattices. The T2 measurement, in the Pb0.84Bi0.16F2.16 crystal, were made during temperature cycles in the range of 300K to 830K. The difference in activation energy between cooling and heating half cycles, found to be approximatly 0.08 eV, appear to be associated with the change in the clusters structure and not to the energy of defect formation. Finally, similar T2 measurements during the temperature cycling was made in K0.04Bi0.06 F2.2: 2% PbF2 crystal in the temperature range 300K to 800K, but in this case no difference in the cooling and heating results was observed. We also measured, in the same temperature range, the T1 relaxation time in 3 Larmor frequencies: 11.71 MHz, 20.42 MHz and 34.24 MHz. This results appear to indicate the existence of two hopping mechanism.

O controle das características da escória de refino primário pode ser realizado pela adição de fluxantes, sendo comumente utilizado a Fluorita (CaF2), isto porque a Fluorita aumenta a solubilidade de CaO e, por conseguinte, aumenta a capacidade de desfosforação de escória. Apesar disso, alguns estudos advertem sobre o risco de liberação de gás tetra fluoreto de silício, que tem caráter nocivo para o meio ambiente. Outro problema relatado é o aumento do desgaste do revestimento refratário impactando nos custos de produção. Neste trabalho de mestrado o uso de Sodalita Nefelínica como fluxante foi comparado com a Fluorita em relação ao desgaste de refratários a base de MgO-C e à fluidez. Os ensaios consistiram em dopar escória de conversor LD com diferentes quantidades de Fluorita e Sodalita (1, 2, 3, 4 % em massa). Os resultados demonstraram que a Fluorita fornece uma escória com menor ponto de fusão e mais fluida, porém ela causa maior desgaste no revestimento refratário, mais que o dobro do desgaste causado pela Sodalita. Acredita-se que isso tenha ocorrido devido a Fluorita ser capaz de aumentar a dissolução tanto do CaO presente na escória quanto do MgO presente no refratário. Este processo é intensificado pela baixa viscosidade apresentada com este fluxante. / The control of the slag characteristics from primary refining can be accomplished by adding fluxes, being commonly used Fluorite (CaF2). This happens because the fluorite increases the solubility of CaO and thus increases the ability of the slag dephosphorization. Nevertheless, some studies warn about the risk of releasing silicon tetra-fluoride gas which has harmful character to the environment. Another problem reported is the increased wear of the refractory lining impacting on production costs. In this master dissertation the use of Sodalite Nepheline as flux was compared with Fluorite concerning MgO-C based refractories wear and fluidity. The tests consisted of doping LD converter slag with different amounts of Fluorite and Sodalite (1, 2, 3, 4 % mass). The results showed that the Fluorite provides a slag with a lower melting point and becomes more fluid, but it causes greater wear on the refractory lining, more than double the wear caused by Sodalite. It is believed that this has occurred due Fluorite be able to enhance the dissolution of the CaO in slag as well as MgO present in the refractory. This process is intensified by the low slag viscosity presented with this flux.

Fast oxide-ion and proton conductors are the subject of considerable research due to their technological applications in sensors, ceramic membranes and solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs). This thesis describes the use of computer modelling techniques to study point defects, dopants and clustering effects in fluorite-and perovskitetype ion conductors with potential SOFC applications. Bi2O3 related phases are being developed with the objective of high oxide-ion conductivities at lower operating temperatures than 1000°C, as in current generation SOFC electrolytes. Doped Bi2O3 phases have shown promise as materials capable of accomplishing this goal. First, the Y-doped phase, Bi3YO6, has been investigated including the ordering of intrinsic vacancies. The defect and dopant characteristics of Bi3YO6 have been examined and show that a highly mobile oxygen sub-lattice exists in this material. A preliminary structural modelling study of a new Re-doped Bi2O3 phase was also undertaken. A comprehensive investigation of the proton-conducting perovskites BaZrO3, BaPrO3 and BaThO3 is then presented. Our results suggest that intrinsic atomic disorder in BaZrO3 and BaThO3 is unlikely, but reduction of Pr4+ in BaPrO3 is favourable. The water incorporation energy is found to be less exothermic for BaZrO3 than for BaPrO3 and BaThO3, but in all cases the results suggest that the proton concentration would decrease with increasing temperature, in accord with experimental data. The high binding energies for all the dopant-OH pair clusters in BaPrO3 and BaThO3 suggest strong proton trapping effects. Finally, a study of multiferroic BiFeO3 is presented, in which the defect, dopant and migration properties of this highly topical phase are investigated. The reduction process involving the formation of oxygen vacancies and Fe2+ is the most favourable redox process. In addition, the results suggest that oxide-ion migration is anisotropic within this system.

La fluorite, ses gisements en milieu hydrothermal, ses défaut cristallins ponctuels, centres colorés, géochimie des terres rares (lanthanides). La RPE permet l'étude des terres rares en sites dans les cristaux de fluorite, déterminant l'état de charge, la substitution. La RPE déterminant les centres colorés créés par irradiation peut servir à la prospection des minerais uranifères en particulier dans les morts-terrains. En géochimie théorique, l'existence ou l'absence de centres paramégnétiques est liée aux conditions thermodynamiques de cristallisation

Underground injection of acid gas has been studied for several decades for oil field applications, such as enhanced oil recovery (EOR), but is now being studied as a solution to climate change. This research aims to simulate underground conditions at injection sites, such as the pilot scale injection site located near the site of a coal fired power facility in the Black Warrior Basin of Alabama. This proposed carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) location would involve injection of liquid CO2 into a carbonaceous saline aquifer. The objective of this study was to investigate carbonate surface treatments that alter the kinetics and mechanism of mineral dissolution resulting from the injection of an acid gas (CO2) into a geologic formation. A variety of mineral coatings were tested in an attempt to preserve mineral integrity under acidic conditions. Surface active chemicals were first tested, including scale inhibitors, followed by a novel acid induced surface treatment that precipitates an inorganic layer on the calcite to preserve the acid soluble mineral. These experiments are the first to investigate the use of scale inhibitors for mineral preservation, although were found ultimately to have little impact on dissolution kinetics. However, anions of moderate to strong acids induced surface coatings that were determined to effectively inhibit dissolution. Additionally, a novel, high pressure flow-through experimental apparatus was developed to simulate pressure and temperature conditions relevant to injection sites. Similar mineralogical studies in the literature have used pressurized, unstirred, batch systems to simulate mineral interactions. Solids with an acid induced surface coating were tested in the high pressure column and no calcium was found to leave the column.

Underground injection of acid gas has been studied for several decades for oil field applications, such as enhanced oil recovery (EOR), but is now being studied as a solution to climate change. This research aims to simulate underground conditions at injection sites, such as the pilot scale injection site located near the site of a coal fired power facility in the Black Warrior Basin of Alabama. This proposed carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) location would involve injection of liquid CO2 into a carbonaceous saline aquifer. The objective of this study was to investigate carbonate surface treatments that alter the kinetics and mechanism of mineral dissolution resulting from the injection of an acid gas (CO2) into a geologic formation. A variety of mineral coatings were tested in an attempt to preserve mineral integrity under acidic conditions. Surface active chemicals were first tested, including scale inhibitors, followed by a novel acid induced surface treatment that precipitates an inorganic layer on the calcite to preserve the acid soluble mineral. These experiments are the first to investigate the use of scale inhibitors for mineral preservation, although were found ultimately to have little impact on dissolution kinetics. However, anions of moderate to strong acids induced surface coatings that were determined to effectively inhibit dissolution. Additionally, a novel, high pressure flow-through experimental apparatus was developed to simulate pressure and temperature conditions relevant to injection sites. Similar mineralogical studies in the literature have used pressurized, unstirred, batch systems to simulate mineral interactions. Solids with an acid induced surface coating were tested in the high pressure column and no calcium was found to leave the column.

Neste trabalho foram realizadas medidas dos tempos de relaxação nuclear do 19F, em três amostras ternárias, não estequiométricas e que apresentam estrutura fluorita. Na amostra Na0.4Y0.6F2.2 foram medidos o tempo de relaxação spin-spin (T2) em função da temperatura nas fases onde sua estrutura não é fluorita (600K à 900K), e o tempo de relaxação spin-rede (T1), no mesmo intervalo de temperaturas, nas freqüências de Larmor: 20.42 MHz e 34.24 MHz. Obtivemos para as medidas de T1, um comportamento similar ao observado em sistemas com dois sítios inequivalentes. Na amostra Pb0.84Bi0.16F2.16 foram feitas medidas de T2 no intervalo de temperaturas 300K à 830K, dentro de um ciclo térmico de aquecimento e resfriamento, afim de se obter a energia de formação de defeitos. Porém a diferença de energia obtida, de 0.08 eV entre a energia obtida durante o aquecimento e o resfriamento, parece estar associada a mudanças estruturais nos clusters. Na amostra K0.04Bi0.06 F2.2: 2% PbF2 foram realizadas medidas de T2 em um intervalo de temperatura de 300K a 800K, dentro de um ciclo térmico. Não se observou mudança na energia de ativação durante o ciclo. Mediu-se também, no mesmo intervalo de temperaturas, T1 nas freqüências de Larmor: 11.71 MHz, 20.42 MHz e 34.24 MHz. A análise das curvas de T1 parece indicar a existência de dois mecanismos de saltos no material. / The 19F NMR relaxation times T1 and T2 were measured is ternary and nonstoichiometric compounds with the fluorite-type structure. We have studied the Na0.4Y0.6F2.2 crystal in the temperature range 600K to 900K, where the crystal hás not the fluorite structure. The T1 values were measured in two Larmor frequencies: 20.42 MHz and 34.24 MHz. The results for T1 were seem to be qualitatively similar to those measured in the system with two inequivalent sublattices. The T2 measurement, in the Pb0.84Bi0.16F2.16 crystal, were made during temperature cycles in the range of 300K to 830K. The difference in activation energy between cooling and heating half cycles, found to be approximatly 0.08 eV, appear to be associated with the change in the clusters structure and not to the energy of defect formation. Finally, similar T2 measurements during the temperature cycling was made in K0.04Bi0.06 F2.2: 2% PbF2 crystal in the temperature range 300K to 800K, but in this case no difference in the cooling and heating results was observed. We also measured, in the same temperature range, the T1 relaxation time in 3 Larmor frequencies: 11.71 MHz, 20.42 MHz and 34.24 MHz. This results appear to indicate the existence of two hopping mechanism.