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Reactions of Pu(IV) and Np(VI) with organic reducing agents of various types (substituted hydroxylamines, oximes, aldehydes, etc.) in tributyl phosphate solutions containing nitric acid were studied spectrophotometrically. The molar extinction coefficients of neptunium and plutonium in various oxidation states [Np(IV,V,VI), Pu(III,IV,VI)] in TBP solutions were determined as influenced by HNO3 and H2O concentrations and temperature. It was found that organic reducing agents at low HNO3 concentration convert plutonium and neptunium to Pu(III) and Np(V), respectively. With increasing HNO3 concentration Pu(III) and Np(V) are partly oxidized back to Pu(IV) and Np(VI), respectively, by reaction with nitrous acid. The rate constants of Pu(VI) and Np(VI) reduction and Np(V) oxidation as influenced by concentration of organic reducing agents and HNO3 were evaluted from the kinetic data.
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Marchenko, V.I., Koltunov, V.S., Savilova, O.A. et al. Redox Kinetics of U, Pu, and Np in TBP Solutions: VI. Reactions of Neptunium and Plutonium with Organic Reducing Agents: Determination of the Final Oxidation States and Reaction Rates. Radiochemistry 43, 276–283 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1012812609241
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