Materials Scientist
Materials Scientist

Biography

Jose Marcial is a materials scientist at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) in the field of nuclear waste vitrification. His research focuses on kinetics of feed-to-glass conversion, glass structure-property modeling, glass alteration, archaeological materials characterization, nuclear materials characterization, and materials synthesis.

Marcial earned his PhD in materials science and engineering from Washington State University. After completing his PhD, he held a postdoctoral research assistant position at WSU under Dr. John McCloy, working on projects such as investigating glass structure-crystallization behavior relationships for nuclear waste vitrification and microstructural characterization of Bronze Age hillforts. The techniques used for these projects included laboratory-scale X-ray diffraction and Rietveld refinement, electron microscopy/electron probe microanalysis, neutron and synchrotron X-ray scattering at various user facilities (APS, SNS, HFIR, and SOLEIL). Additionally, Marcial performed regular maintenance on high-temperature furnaces and an X-ray diffractometer.

Before joining PNNL in 2020, he was a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Chemistry and Technology in Prague, Czech Republic. He also was a PNNL technical intern in high school and while earning his undergraduate degree.

Marcial also has trained undergraduate and new graduate students. He is passionate about outreach to the next generation of scientists and engineers, especial those who share his background as a low-income, migrant, first-generation college graduate.

Disciplines and Skills

  • Model development using machine learning algorithms
  • Glass formulation and melting
  • High-temperature materials characterization
  • Materials synthesis
  • Neutron diffraction
  • Scanning electron microscopy/electron backscatter diffraction/electron probe microanalysis
  • Evolved gas analysis
  • Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy
  • X-ray absorption spectroscopy
  • Thermal analysis
  • Slurry rheology
  • Glass corrosion

 

Education

  • PhD in materials science and engineering, Washington State University
  • BS in materials science, Washington State University

Affiliations and Professional Service

  • DEI representative for The American Ceramic Society’s Glass & Optical Materials Division executive committee
  • Materials Research Society
  • PNNL STEM ambassador

Awards and Recognitions

  • PNNL Energy and Environment Directorate (EED), Of the Year Award, STEM contribution 2023
  • PNNL EED, Of the Year Award, Best Publication 2023
  • Waste Management Symposia (WMS) Paper of Note designation for “High-Level Waste Glass Processing over Broad Range of Alternative Feed Compositions,” J. Vienna, X. Lu, P. Ferkl, J. Marcial, M. S. Fountain, R. L. Hanson, M. D. Britton, L. H. Cree, and W. Abdul, 2023
  • WMS Paper of Note designation for “Evaluating EPA Leaching Test (Method 1313) to Relate the Long-term Performance of Nuclear Waste Glasses and Ancient Glasses,” 2021
  • PNNL EED, Of the Year Award, STEM contribution, 2022
  • PNNL Outstanding Performance Award, 2023
  • PNNL Outstanding Performance Award, 2022
  • Institute of Nuclear Materials Management conference, Best Poster Award, 2010

Publications

2023

  • Dixon D.R., J.B. Lang, M.A. Hall, R.K. Brown, D.A. Cutforth, W.C. Eaton, and J. Marcial, et al. 2023. Vitrification of Hanford Tank 241-AP-105 Waste at 7 M Na and Equivalent Simulant. PNNL-34766. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Vitrification of Hanford Tank 241-AP-105 Waste at 7 M Na and Equivalent Simulant
  • Marcial J., J.J. Neeway, C.I. Pearce, L. Nava-Farias, M.J. Schweiger, D.K. Peeler, and C.L. Arendt, et al. 2023. Chemical durability assessment of enhanced low-activity waste glasses through EPA method 1313. PNNL-32663. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Chemical durability assessment of enhanced low-activity waste glasses through EPA method 1313
  • Matthews B.E., J.J. Neeway, L. Nava-Farias, J. Marcial, B.W. Arey, J.A. Soltis, and L. Kovarik, et al. 2023. "Micro- and Nanoscale Surface Analysis of Late Iron Age Glass from Broborg, a Vitrified Swedish Hillfort." Microscopy and Microanalysis 29, no. 1:50-68. PNNL-SA-163973. doi:10.1093/micmic/ozac032
  • J. Marcial, B. J. Riley, A. A. Kruger, C. E. Lonergan, J. D. Vienna, Hanford low-activity waste vitrification: A review, J. Hazardous Materials, 461 132437 (2024)
  • J. George, P. Ferkl, J. Marcial, T. Jin, P. Hrma, A. A. Kruger, Glass transition temperature of low-activity waste nuclear glasses, Int. J. Appl. Glass Sci, 14 (3), 399-407 (2023)
  • J. Marcial, M. Cicconi, C. Pearce, J. Klouzek, J. Neeway, R. Pokorny, M. Vernerova, J. McCloy, E. T. Nienhuis, R. Sjoblom, R. J. Hand., P. Hrma, D. R. Neuville, A. A. Kruger, Effect of network connectivity on behavior of synthetic Broborg Hillfort glasses, Journal of American Society, 106(3), 1716-1731, (2023). https://doi.org/10.1111/jace.18778

2022

  • Chong S., B.J. Riley, J. Marcial, C.E. Lonergan, and D.A. Cutforth. 2022. "Synthesis of dysprosium oxychloride (DyOCl)." Journal of Chemical Crystallography 52, no. 2:185-193. PNNL-SA-158753. doi:10.1007/s10870-021-00904-2
  • Chong S., B.J. Riley, R.M. Asmussen, A. Fujii Yamagata, J. Marcial, S. Lee, and C. Burns. 2022. "Iodine capture with metal-functionalized polyacrylonitrile composite beads containing Ag0, Bi0, Cu0, or Sn0 particles." ACS Applied Polymer Materials 4, no. 12:9040-9051. PNNL-SA-174578. doi:10.1021/acsapm.2c01407
  • Dixon D.R., J.B. Lang, M.A. Hall, C.M. Stewart, D.A. Cutforth, W.C. Eaton, and J. Marcial, et al. 2022. Vitrification of Hanford Tank 241-AP-101 Waste and Simulant. PNNL-33600. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Vitrification of Hanford Tank 241-AP-101 Waste and Simulant
  • Graham T.R., E.T. Nienhuis-Marcial, J.G. Reynolds, J. Marcial, J.S. Loring, K.M. Rosso, and C.I. Pearce. 2022. "Sodium Site Occupancy and Phosphate Speciation in Natrophosphate are Invariant to Changes to NaF and Na3PO4 Concentration." Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers 9, no. 19:4864-4875. PNNL-SA-172524. doi:10.1039/d2qi00868h
  • Marcial J., S.A. Luksic, J. Klouzek, J. Klouzek, M. Vernerova, D.A. Cutforth, and T. Varga, et al. 2022. "In-situ x-ray and visual observation of foam morphology and behavior at the batch-melt interface during melting of simulated waste glass." Ceramics International 48, no. 6:7975 - 7985. PNNL-SA-165354. doi:10.1016/j.ceramint.2021.11.344
  • Rigby J.C., D.R. Dixon, D.A. Cutforth, J. Marcial, J. Klouzek, J. Klouzek, and R. Pokorny, et al. 2022. "Melting behaviour of simulated radioactive waste as functions of different redox iron-bearing raw materials." Journal of Nuclear Materials 569. PNNL-SA-169343. doi:10.1016/j.jnucmat.2022.153946
  • Riley B.J., S. Chong, J. Schmid, J. Marcial, E.T. Nienhuis-Marcial, M. Bera, and S. Lee, et al. 2022. "Role of Zeolite Structural Properties toward Iodine Capture: A Head-to-head Evaluation of Framework Type and Chemical Composition." ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 14, no. 16:18439-18452. PNNL-SA-163213. doi:10.1021/acsami.2c01179
  • Sjoblom R., E. Hjarthner-Holder, C.I. Pearce, J.L. Weaver, E. Ogenhall, J.S. McCloy, and J. Marcial, et al. 2022. "Assessment of the reason for the vitrification of a wall at a hillfort. The example of Broborg in Sweden." Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 43. PNNL-SA-161025. doi:10.1016/j.jasrep.2022.103459
  • S. Lee, T. Jin, E. Rivers, S. Luksic, J. Marcial, J. L. George, W. Eaton, A. A. Kruger, Effect of Sucrose on Technetium and Rhenium Retention during Vitrification of Low-Activity Wastes, Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 1-13 (2022). DOI: 10.1111/jace.18701
  • J. Marcial, J. George, P. Ferkl, R. Pokorny, R. Kissing, er, C. I. Pearce, J. V. Crum, J. Klouzek, P. Hrma, A. A. Kruger, Elemental mapping and iron oxidation state measurement of synthetic low-activity waste feeds, Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, accepted article.
  • R. Sjoblom, E. Hjarthner-Holdar, C. I. Pearce, J. L. Weaver, E. Ogenhall, J. S. McCloy, J. Marcial, E. P. Vincenzi, M. J. Schweiger, A. A. Kruger, Assessment of the reason for the vitrification of a wall at a hillfort. The example of Broborg in Sweden, J. Archaeological Science: Reports, 43 103459 (2022)

2021

  • Marcial J., R. Pokorny, J. Klouzek, J. Klouzek, M. Vernerova, S. Lee, and P.R. Hrma, et al. 2021. "Effect of water vapor and thermal history on nuclear waste feed conversion to glass." International Journal of Applied Glass Science 12, no. 1:145-157. PNNL-SA-152445. doi:10.1111/ijag.15803
  • McCloy J.S., J. Marcial, J.S. Clarke, M. Ahmadzadeh, J.A. Wolff, E.P. Vicenzi, and D.L. Bollinger, et al. 2021. "Reproduction of Melting Behavior for Vitrified Hillforts based on Amphibolite, Granite, and Basalt Lithologies." Scientific Reports 11, no. 1:Article No. 1272. PNNL-SA-152607. doi:10.1038/s41598-020-80485-w
  • Nava-Farias L., J.J. Neeway, M.J. Schweiger, J. Marcial, N.L. Canfield, C.I. Pearce, and D.K. Peeler, et al. 2021. "Applying laboratory methods for durability assessment of vitrified material to archaeological samples." npj Materials Degradation 5. PNNL-SA-161396. doi:10.1038/s41529-021-00204-2
  • Thorpe C.L., J.J. Neeway, C.I. Pearce, R.J. Hand, A.J. Fisher, S.A. Walling, and N. Hyatt, et al. 2021. "Forty years of durability assessment of nuclear waste glass by standard methods." npj Materials Degradation 5. PNNL-SA-162351. doi:10.1038/s41529-021-00210-4
  • J. Marcial, Y. Zhang, H. Xu, A. Mesbah, E. T. Nienhuis, S. Szenknect, J. C. Neuefeind, J. Lin, R. C. Ewing, N. Dacheux, J. S. McCloy, X. Guo, Thermodynamic non-ideality and disordered heterogeneity in actinide solid solutions, npj Mat. Degr., 5 (34), 1-14 (2021). DOI: 10.1038/s41529-021-00179-0
  • E. T. Nienhuis, N. J. Smith-Gray, G. N. Cocking, J. Marcial, M. Ahmadzadeh, A. Goel, J. S. McCloy, A Comparative Study on the Effect of Zr, Sn, and Ti on the Crystallization Behavior of Nepheline Glass, J. Non-Cryst. Solids, 569, 120970 (2021)
  • E. T. Nienhuis, J. Marcial, T. Robine, C. Le Losq, D. R. Neuville, M. C. Stennett, N. C. Hyatt, J. S. McCloy, Effect of Ti4+ on the structure of Nepheline (NaAlSiO4) Glass, Geochim. et Cosmochim. Acta, 209 333-351 DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2020.09.015
  • H. Chen, J. Marcial, M. Ahmadzadeh, D. Patil, J. McCloy, Partitioning of rare earths in multiphase nuclear waste glass-ceramics: implications for original glass structure, submitted to Int. J. Applied Glass Sci., 11 (4), 660-675 (2020), DOI: 10.1111/ijag.15726

2019

  • Emily T. Nienhuis, M. Saleh, J. Marcial, K. Kriegsman, J. Lonergan, A. S. Lipton, X. Guo, J. McCloy, Structural Characterization of ZnSO4-K2SO4-NaCl Glasses, J. Non-Crystalline Solids, 524 (1), 119639 (2019), DOI: 10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2019.119639
  • J. McCloy, B. Riley, J. Crum, J. Marcial, J. Reiser, K. Kruska, J. Peterson, D. R. Neuville, D. Patil, M. Saleh, K. E. Barnsley, J. V. Hanna, Crystallization Study of Rare Earth and Molybdenum Containing Nuclear Waste Glass Ceramics, J. Amer. Ceram. Soc., 102 (1), 5149-5163 (2019)
  • J. Marcial, M. Saleh, D. Watson, S. Martin, C. Crawford, J. McCloy, Boron-speciation and aluminosilicate crystallization in alkali boroaluminosilicate glasses along the NaAl1-xBxSiO4 and LiAl1-xBxSiO4 joins, J. Non-Cryst. Sol., 506 (1), 58-67 (2019). DOI: 10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2019.01.001
  • J. Marcial, J. McCloy, Role of short range order on crystallization of tectosilicate glasses: a diffraction study, J. Non-Cryst. Sol., 505 (1), 131-143 (2019). DOI: 10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2018.10.050

2018

  • J. Marcial, J. Kabel, M. Saleh, N. Washton, Y. Shaharyar, A. Goel, J. McCloy, Structural dependence of crystallization in glasses along the nepheline (NaAlSiO4) - eucryptite (LiAlSiO4) join, J. Am. Ceram. Soc., 101 (7), 2840-2855 (2018). DOI: 10.1111/jace.15439

2017

  • A. Deshkar, J. Marcial, S. Southern, L. Kobera, D. L. Bryce, J. McCloy, A. Goel, Understanding the structural origin of crystalline phase transformations in nepheline (NaAlSiO4) based alkali/alkaline-earth aluminosilicate glasses, J. Am. Ceram. Soc., 100 (7), 2859-2878 (2017). DOI: 10.1111/jace.14845
  • M. Ahmadzadeh, J. Marcial, J. McCloy, Crystallization of iron-containing sodium aluminosilicate glasses in the NaAlSiO4-NaFeSiO4 join, J. Geophys. Res., 122 (4), 2504-2524 (2017). DOI: 10.1002/2016JB013661
  • P. Dickens, J. Marcial, J. McCloy, B. S. McDonald, K. G. Lynn, Spectroscopic and Neutron Detection Properties of Rare Earth and Titanium Doped LiAlO2 Single Crystals, J. Lumin., 190, 242-248 (2017). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jlumin.2017.05.047
  • M. D. T. Rahman, K. Mireles, J. J. Gomez Chavez, P. C. Wo, J. Marcial, M. R. Kessler, J. McCloy, C. V. Ramana, R. Panat, High Temperature Physical and Chemical Stability and Oxidation Reaction Kinetics of Ni-Cr Nanoparticles, J. Phys. Chem., 121 (7), 4018-4028 (2017). DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b11560

2016

  • Marcial J., J.V. Crum, O. Neill, and J.S. Mccloy. 2016. "Nepheline Structural and Chemical Dependence on Melt Composition." The American Mineralogist 101, no. 2:266-276. PNNL-SA-109528. doi:10.2138/am-2016-5370

2015

  • McCloy J.S., N.M. Washton, P.L. Gassman, J. Marcial, J.L. Weaver, and R.K. Kukkadapu. 2015. "Nepheline crystallization in boron-rich alumino-silicate glasses as investigated by multi-nuclear NMR, Raman, & Mössbauer spectroscopies." Journal of Non-crystalline Solids 409. PNNL-SA-103049. doi:10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2014.11.013
  • Y. Shaharyar, J. Y. Cheng, E. Han, A. Maron, J. Weaver, J. Marcial, J. McCloy, A. Goel, Elucidating the Effect of Iron Speciation (Fe2+/Fe3+) on Crystallization Kinetics of Sodium Aluminosilicate Glasses, J. Amer. Ceram. Soc., 99[7], 9 (2016). DOI: 10.1111/jace.14239

2014

  • Marcial J., J. Chun, P.R. Hrma, and M.J. Schweiger. 2014. "Effect of Bubbles and Silica Dissolution on Melter Feed Rheology during Conversion to Glass." Environmental Science & Technology 48, no. 20:12173-12180. PNNL-SA-101140. doi:10.1021/es5018625
  • Marcial J., J. Chun, P.R. Hrma, and M.J. Schweiger. 2014. "The Effect of Foaming and Silica Dissolution on Melter Feed Rheology during Conversion to Glass." In Waste Management 2014 (WM2014 Conference): 40 Years of Meeting Global Radioactive Waste Management Challenges, March 2-6, 2014, Phoenix, Arizona, Paper No. 14476. Tempe, Arizona:WM Symposia. PNNL-SA-99519.

2013

  • Pierce D.A., P.R. Hrma, and J. Marcial. 2013. "Thermal Analysis of Waste Glass Batches: Effect of Batch Makeup on Gas-Evolving Reactions." In Thermal Analysis of Micro, Nano- and Non-Crystalline Materials: Transformation, Crystallization, Kinetics and Thermodynamics. Hot Topics in Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, edited by J Sestak and P Simon. 429-440. Dordrecht:Springer. PNNL-SA-78036.

2012

  • Pierce D.A., P.R. Hrma, J. Marcial, B.J. Riley, and M.J. Schweiger. 2012. "Effect of Alumina Source on the Rate of Melting Demonstrated with Nuclear Waste Glass Batch." International Journal of Applied Glass Science 3, no. 1:59-68. PNNL-SA-76805. doi:10.1111/j.2041-1294.2012.00079.x

2011

  • Henager S.H., P.R. Hrma, K.J. Swearingen, M.J. Schweiger, J. Marcial, and N.E. Tegrotenhuis. 2011. "Conversion of batch to molten glass, I: Volume expansion." Journal of Non-crystalline Solids 357, no. 3:829-835. PNNL-SA-75195. doi:10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2010.11.102
  • Hrma P.R., and J. Marcial. 2011. "Dissolution retardation of solid silica during glass batch-melting." Journal of Non-crystalline Solids 357, no. 15:2954-2959. PNNL-SA-77707.
  • Hrma P.R., J. Marcial, K.J. Swearingen, S.H. Henager, M.J. Schweiger, and N.E. Tegrotenhuis. 2011. "Conversion of batch to molten glass, II: Dissolution of quartz particles." Journal of Non-crystalline Solids 357, no. 3:820-828. PNNL-SA-75144. doi:10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2010.11.096

2010

  • Hrma P.R., M.J. Schweiger, C.J. Humrickhouse, J.A. Moody, R.M. Tate, T.T. Rainsdon, and N.E. Tegrotenhuis, et al. 2010. "Effect of glass-batch makeup on the melting process." Ceramics--Silikaty 54, no. 3:193-211. PNNL-SA-71415.
  • Marcial J., P.R. Hrma, M.J. Schweiger, K.J. Swearingen, N.E. Tegrotenhuis, and S.H. Henager. 2010. "Effects of Quartz Particle Size and Sucrose Addition on Melting Behavior of a Melter Feed for High-Level Waste Glass." In Proceedings of the 51st Annual Meeting of the Institute of Nuclear Materials Management, July 11-15, 2010, Baltimore, Maryland. Deerfield, Illinois:INMM. PNNL-SA-73263.
  • Schweiger M.J., P.R. Hrma, C.J. Humrickhouse, J. Marcial, B.J. Riley, and N.E. TeGrotenhuis. 2010. "Cluster formation of silica particles in glass batches during melting." Journal of Non-crystalline Solids 356, no. 25-27:1359-1367. PNNL-SA-68732.