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Empirical method for preparing a plutonium predominance-region diagram

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An empirical method for preparing a plutonium predominance-region diagram is illustrated by an example. The method estimates the boundaries of the forbidden, unique, and ambiguous regions as defined by the equilibrium fraction of hexavalent plutonium and the plutonium oxidation number.

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Silver, G.L. Empirical method for preparing a plutonium predominance-region diagram. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 292, 1105–1108 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-011-1570-4

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