Published 2000
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Journal article
Aqueous Pu(IV) sorption on brucite
Creators
- 1. Los Alamos National Lab., NM (United States)
- 2. Colorado School of Mines, Environmental Science and Engineering Div., Golden, CO (United States)
Description
The sorption behavior of aqueous Pu(IV) on brucite (Mg(OH)2) in the presence and absence of citrate was investigated by a combination of wet chemical batch sorption experiments and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). Sorption occurs rapidly at near 100% levels from pH 8 to pH 13, and is not affected by the presence of citrate. XPS results indicate that Pu was incorporated in the subsurface in the cases studied. (orig.)
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Radiochimica Acta
- Journal Volume
- 88
- Journal Issue
- 9-11
- Journal Page Range
- p. 675-679
- ISSN
- 0033-8230
- CODEN
- RAACAP
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Germany
- Country of Input or Organization
- Germany
- INIS RN
- 32007206
- Subject category
- S38: RADIATION CHEMISTRY, RADIOCHEMISTRY AND NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY; S12: MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES, AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES;
- Descriptors DEI
- ADSORPTION; BACKFILLING; CITRATES; MAGNESIUM HYDROXIDES; MAGNESIUM OXIDES; PH VALUE; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; PLUTONIUM COMPOUNDS; WIPP; X RADIATION
- Descriptors DEC
- ACTINIDE COMPOUNDS; ALKALINE EARTH METAL COMPOUNDS; CARBOXYLIC ACID SALTS; CHALCOGENIDES; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; FUNCTIONAL MODELS; HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS; HYDROXIDES; IONIZING RADIATIONS; MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS; NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; NUCLEAR FACILITIES; OXIDES; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; PILOT PLANTS; RADIATIONS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE FACILITIES; SORPTION; SPECTROSCOPY; TRANSURANIUM COMPOUNDS; UNDERGROUND FACILITIES; US DOE; US ORGANIZATIONS