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New spectroscopic studies of plutonium (IV) nitrate complex formation in solution

Conference ·
OSTI ID:481928
Spectrophotometric titrations of Pu(IV) with HNO{sub 3} were conducted in a series of aqueous HClO{sub 4} solutions ranging ionic strength from 2 to 19 mol/kg on the molality scale. The Pu f-f absorption spectra in the visible and near IR range were deconvoluted into spectra of Pu{sup 4+}(aq), Pu(NO{sub 3}){sup 3+} and Pu(NO{sub 3}){sub 2}{sup 2+} complexes and their formation constants as functions of ionic strength. When corrected for the incomplete dissociation of nitric acid, these formation constants exhibit smooth increases with ionic strength from 5 to 19 mol/kg.
Research Organization:
Los Alamos National Lab., NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Environmental Restoration and Waste Management, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-36
OSTI ID:
481928
Report Number(s):
LA-UR--97-1170; CONF-970424--7; ON: DE97007579
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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