Published 2000 | Version v1
Journal article

The speciation of Tc(IV) in chloride solutions

  • 1. Nantes Univ. (France). Lab. de Physique Subatomique et des Technologies Associees
  • 2. Lab. pour l'Utilisation du Rayonnement Electromagnetique, Centre Univ. Paris-Sud, Orsay (France)

Description

The speciation of tetravalent technetium has been studied in HCl solutions ranging from 1.0 to 6.0 M. Tc(IV) exists in 6.0 M HCl as the well characterized TcCl62- chloride complex. In 1.0 M HCl, the chloride ligands of TcCl62- are slowly substituted by other ligands such as H2O, OH- or O2-. So TcClmOn(OH)p(H2O)q(4-m-2n-p)+ compounds may form with (m + n + p + q) = 6. Several speciation techniques such as UV-visible and Raman spectrometries, X-ray absorption spectroscopy and electrochemistry have enabled to get an insight into this problem. All the results have indicated two most likely species of Tc(IV) after aging for about ten days in 1.0 M HCl to be aquo-chlorocomplexes of technetium and not oxo-chorocomplexes: TcCl5 . H2O- and TcCl4 . 2H2O. (orig.)

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Journal Title
Radiochimica Acta
Journal Volume
88
Journal Issue
9-11
Journal Page Range
p. 567-571
ISSN
0033-8230
CODEN
RAACAP