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Zn-K transmission EXAFS measurements were performed on vitrified ashes from municipal waste incinerator facilities, which contain low amounts of Zn (up to 3 wt%) and sulphur (up to 0.5 wt%) in a ZnS phase. From the Fourier transform it can be concluded that the zinc ions are fourfold co-ordinated by oxygen or sulphur ions. The amount of zinc ions of sulphur environment, e.g. the concentration of ZnS, was determined by Fourier filtering and subsequent parameter fitting. A quantitative analysis of low ZnS concentrations up to 1 wt% has been performed for samples with a molar ratio Zn/S < 5.
Glasses in the systems Li2OB2O3V2O5 and ZnOB2O3V2O5 as well as crystalline reference substances were investigated by V-K-EXAFS. The glasses have a high modifier content ([Li2O, ZnO]/[B2O3] ratio>1) and contain 1050 mol% V2O5. The VO interatomic distance, coordination number and DebyeWaller factor were determined from the analysis of the measured absorption spectra. In the glasses investigated (and in binary lithium or zinc vanadate glasses too) VO4 tetrahedra are the predominant coordination polyhedra for the vanadium ions. The symmetry of the tetrahedra is more or less distorted in comparison to crystalline substances. The VO4 tetrahedra can be either directly connected to each other or incorporated into borate BO3/BO4 groupings. Structural elements which are comparable to those in crystalline substances can be discussed. In glasses of the metaborate composition, vanadium can be incorporated in chain or ring [BØ2O-]n metaborate groupings. With increasing V2O5 content the vanadium ions can extensively replace boron ions and form distorted tetrahedra in VØ2O2- metavanadate groups. In glasses of high modifier content and low vanadium amount the vanadium ions create nearly regular tetrahedra of isolated VO43- ortho- or V2ØO64- pyrovanadate groups in the presence of B2ØO44- pyroborate, BO33- orthoborate and BØ4- groups.