The interaction of Np(V) with all isomers of pyridinemonocarboxylic acid has been investigated, stability constants have been calculated using NIR spectroscopy...
Keywords: Neptunium, Crystal structure, Stability constant, Complexation, Spectrophotometry
02/2006 | Radiochimica Acta, Oldenbourg WissenschaftsverlagThermodynamic properties of the protonation of D-gluconic acid (HGH4(aq)) and its complexation with Np(V) have been studied in acidic to nearly neutral solutions at t =25 °C and I=1 M NaClO4 by potentiometry, spectrophotometry and calorimetry...
Keywords: Gluconic acid, Neptunium, Complexation, Stability constant, Enthalpy
09/2006 | Radiochimica Acta, Oldenbourg WissenschaftsverlagLeach resistance of neptunium-doped garnet- and murataite-based ceramics with calculated compositions (in wt.%: 38 Fe2O3, 21 Gd2O3, 16 NpO2, 15 ZrO2, 10 CaO and 55 TiO2, 10 Mn2O3, 10 CaO, 10 NpO2, 5 ZrO2, 5 Al2O3, 5 Fe2O3 respectively was studied...
Keywords: Ceramic, Garnet, Leaching, Murataite, Neptunium
09/2006 | Radiochimica Acta, Oldenbourg WissenschaftsverlagDiffusive transport of neptunium, plutonium, tritiated water (HTO), Cs+ and I- in compacted sand-bentonite mixtures was studied by a through-diffusion method...
Keywords: diffusion, Neptunium, Plutonium, Bentonite, Effective diffusivity
02/2007 | Radiochimica Acta, Oldenbourg WissenschaftsverlagIn the framework of the French Environmental Nuclear Toxicology program, additional experiments related to the decorporation of actinides are planned...
Keywords: Neptunium, Citrate, Complexation, Redox speciation, Np(IV)
07/2007 | Radiochimica Acta, Oldenbourg WissenschaftsverlagSorption of neptunium on hematite colloids has been studied at varying pH values (3–10) in absence and presence of humic acid using 239Np as a tracer...
Keywords: Neptunium, Humic acid, Hematite, Sorption, Speciation
09/2007 | Radiochimica Acta, Oldenbourg WissenschaftsverlagSingle crystals of the Np(V) and Pu(V) benzoate complexes with 2,2′-bipyridine were prepared. According to X-ray diffraction analysis data, they are isostructural neutral dimers with the [AnO2(C10H8N2)(OOCC6H5)]2 (An=Np or Pu) composition...
Keywords: Actinides, Neptunium, Plutonium, Benzoates, Bipyridine
09/2007 | Radiochimica Acta, Oldenbourg WissenschaftsverlagIn 30% TBP/OK Np(V) is unstable and disproportionates to Np(IV) and Np(VI). Np(V) readily coordinates to Np(IV) in solution to form a “cation–cation” complex by bonding through an axial oxo group on Np(V)...
Keywords: Neptunium, Disproportionation, Kinetics, TBP, Near IR electronic absorption spectroscopy
12/2007 | Radiochimica Acta, Oldenbourg WissenschaftsverlagThe acquisition of additional data concerning actinide decorporation is planned under the French nuclear and environmental toxicology program.
Citric acid is a fundamental biological constituent found at relatively high concentrations in blood plasma and is involved in many biological processes.
Spectrophotometry was the primary method used to determine the speciation of An(IV)-citrate systems (Th, U, Np, Pu)...
Keywords: Plutonium, Neptunium, Uranium, Thorium, Citric acid
03/2008 | Radiochimica Acta, Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag