Oxidation state determination of plutonium aquo ions using x-ray absorption spectroscopy

Polyhedron

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 599-602

  Conradson, Steven D ^a   Al Mahamid, Ilham ^b   Clark, David L ^a,c   Hess, Nancy J ^d   Hudson, Eric A ^b   Neu, Mary P ^a,c   Palmer, Phillip D ^a   Runde, Wolfgang H ^a,c   Tait, C Drew ^a,c  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c G T Seaborg Inst Transactinium S   (United States)

^d PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Oxidation state; Plutonium; XANES

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040844801     PISSN: 02775387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-5387(97)00287-8     Document Type: Article

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