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Electrochemical studies of technetium–ruthenium alloys in HNO3: Implications for the behavior of technetium waste forms

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The electrochemical behavior of Tc–Ru alloys (Ru content, at. %: 3.2, 5.2, 20.1, 24.7) in 1 M HNO3 was studied. The transpassivation potentials (E tp) of Tc–Ru alloys were determined by linear voltammetry. The results show that the transpassivation potentials of the alloys increase with the Ru content. To understand the dissolution mechanism, electrolysis experiments at 1.2 V vs. Ag/AgCl were performed; the corrosion products of the alloys were characterized in solution by UV-visible spectroscopy and electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS). For Ru, a polymeric Ru(IV) species was detected, while for Tc the speciation was dominated by TcO4 –.

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  1. Department of Chemistry, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV, 89154, USA

    F. Poineau, D. J. Koury, J. Bertoia, E. J. Mausolf & K. R. Czerwinski

  2. Materials Corrosion and Environmental Effects Laboratory, Materials Science and Technology Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, 87545, USA

    D. G. Kolman & G. S. Goff

  3. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV, 89154, USA

    E. Kim

  4. Seaborg Institute, Stockpile Manufacturing and Support Directorate, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, 87545, USA

    G. Jarvinen

  5. Frumkin Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninskii pr. 31, korp. 4, Moscow, 119071, Russia

    K. E. German

  6. Moscow Branch, Reaviz Medical University, Krasnobogatyrskaya ul. 2, Moscow, 107564, Russia

    K. E. German

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Dedicated to Dr. Sci. (Chem.) A.G. Maslennikov (1955–2016), a gifted electro- and radiochemist

Published in Russian in Radiokhimiya, 2017, Vol. 59, No. 1, pp. 39–44.

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Poineau, F., Koury, D.J., Bertoia, J. et al. Electrochemical studies of technetium–ruthenium alloys in HNO3: Implications for the behavior of technetium waste forms. Radiochemistry 59, 41–47 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1066362217010040

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