Published August 1986 | Version v1
Journal article

Neutron scattering from solutions: The hydration of lanthanide and actinide ions

  • 1. Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA)

Description

The neutron scattering difference method is described and applied to investigations of the aqua rare earth ions, Nd3+ and Dy3+. Metal-water distances and hydration numbers have been unambiguously determined for the inner coordination spheres of these ions. The values of the hydration number n of 8.5±0.2 for Nd3+ and 7.4±0.5 for Dy3+, directly support the claim of Spedding et al. that n decreases by one unit across the lanthanide series. The possible application of this method to actinide ions in solution is also discussed. (orig.)

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
J. Less-Common Met.
Journal Volume
122
Series
J. Less-Common Met.
Journal Page Range
233-240
ISSN
0022-5088
CODEN
JCOMA

Conference

Title
International conference on actinides (Actinides '85).
Dates
2-6 Sep 1985.
Place
Aix-en-Provence (France).

Optional Information

Contract/Grant/Project number
Contract DE-AC05-840R21400