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Prediction of thermodynamic data for radium suitable for thermodynamic database for radioactive waste management using an electrostatic model and correlation with ionic radii among alkaline earth metals

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Thermodynamic data for radium for radioactive waste management have been predicted using an electrostatic model and correlation with the ionic radii of the alkaline earth metals. Estimation of the standard Gibbs free energy of formation and standard molar entropy of aqueous radium species and compounds has been based on such approaches as extrapolation of the thermodynamic properties of strontium and barium, and use of a model of ion pair formation. The predicted thermodynamic data for radium have been compared with previously reported values.

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The present study has been supported within the project “Development of advanced models and databases for post-closure assessment of repository near-field systems” a collaboration between the Nuclear Waste Management Organization of Japan (NUMO) and the Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA).

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  2. NESI Inc., 38, Shinko-cho, Hitachinaka, Ibaraki, 312-0005, Japan

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Kitamura, A., Yoshida, Y. Prediction of thermodynamic data for radium suitable for thermodynamic database for radioactive waste management using an electrostatic model and correlation with ionic radii among alkaline earth metals. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 327, 839–845 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-020-07527-5

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