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The existence of the bivalent state of plutonium and the standard oxidation potential of the Pu3+/Pu2+ couple, equal to −2.59 V, have been established for the first time.
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Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 4, pp. 818–820, April, 1982.
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Mikheev, P.B., Auérman, L.N., Rumer, I.A. et al. Reduction of plutonium to the bivalent state. Russ Chem Bull 31, 720–721 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00950006
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