Kinetics and mechanism of the plutonium catalysed nitric acid oxidation of U(IV) ions in 30% tributyl phosphate solution

Radiochimica Acta

Volumn 95, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 559-567

  Koltunov, V S ^a   Zhuravleva, G I ^a   Marchenko, V I ^a   Dvoeglazov, K N ^a   Savilova, O A ^a   Koltunov, G V ^a   Taylor, R J ^b   Bankhead, M ^b  

^a Bochvar All Russia Research Institute for Inorganic Materials (VNIINM)   (Russian Federation)

^b NATIONAL NUCLEAR LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Kinetics; Nitric acid; Pu(IV); Redox; Tributyl phosphate; U(IV)

Indexed keywords

EID: 35048842345     PISSN: 00338230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1524/ract.2007.95.10.559     Document Type: Article

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