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The Behavior of Americium in Aqueous Carbonate Systems

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 February 2011

R. J. Silva
R. J. Silva*
Affiliation:
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory Berkeley, California, USA
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Abstract

The solubilities of crystalline Am(OH)3 and AmOHCO3 were measured at 25° C in aqueous solutions of 0.1 M NaCl04 by determination of the solution concentrations of Am. Prior to use in the measurements, the solid materials were characterized by their x-ray powder diffraction patterns. The solubility product quotients were calculated from the experimental data. The hydrolysis quotients of Am3+ were also estimated from the hydroxide solubility data. Using the thermodynamic data derived from these experiments and the recently reported formation constants for the Am3+ carbonate complexes, the solid phases and concentrations of solution species of americium in several aqueous carbonate systems were calculated using the computer code MINEQL.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 26: Symposium D – Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management VII , 1983 , 875
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1984

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