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Effect of the oxidation number on estimates of a plutonium hydrolysis constant

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Abstract

Four new formulas for estimating the first hydrolysis constant of tetravalent plutonium are illustrated. They can be applied with or without an independent estimate of the Pu oxidation number.

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    G. L. Silver

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Los Alamos National Laboratory is operated by the Los Alamos National Security, LLC for the National Nuclear Security Administration of the U.S. Department of Energy contract DE-AC52-06NA25396.

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Silver, G.L. Effect of the oxidation number on estimates of a plutonium hydrolysis constant. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 292, 329–330 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-011-1406-2

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