Coordination of perchlorate ion in the secondary solvation sphere of Am³⁺ in the tracer concentrations in mixed system of dimethyl sulfoxide/water with 1.00M (H,Na)(Cl,ClO₄)

Abstract

The stability constants, β₁, of monochloride complex of Am(III) have been determined in a mixed system of dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) and water at 1.00 mol·dm⁻³ ionic strength using solvent extraction. The values of β₁ in mixed DMSO+H₂O solutions decrease rapidly with an increase in the mole fraction of DMSO (X _s ) in mixed solvents and become negative ones, which is not in a definition of stability constant, inX _s >0.04. The variation of β₁ inX _s ≦0.02 was accounted for by the size-variation of the primary solvation sphere around Am(III), which was present as a solventshared ion-pair, and by a little effect due to an invasion (coordination) of ClO₄ ⁻ into the secondary solvation sphere of Am³⁺. On the other hand, it was concluded that the β₁ obtained by solvent extraction inX _s >0.02 was an apparent value, because of a large effect due to an invasion (coordination) of ClO₄ ⁻ into the secondary solvation sphere of Am(III).