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Plutonium disproportionation: Remark on species distributions

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Balanced disproportionation equations indicate phenomena not predicted by the traditional, two-reaction-product equations. This communication illustrates unanticipated maxima in oxidation state distributions and suggests that they might be useful for characterizing alpha coefficients in aqueous solutions.

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(Los Alamos National Laboratory is operated for the U.S. Department of Energy by the University of California under Contract No. W-7405-ENG-5)

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Silver, G.L. Plutonium disproportionation: Remark on species distributions. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry 258, 157–158 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1026230714280

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