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Two predominance-region diagrams for plutonium

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Two predominance-region diagrams for plutonium are illustrated. One diagram plots the pH vs. the equilibrium fraction of hexavalent plutonium. The other diagram plots the equilibrium fraction of tetravalent plutonium vs. the plutonium oxidation number. Both diagrams define the boundaries of the regions where tri-, tetra-, penta-, and hexavalent plutonium are the predominant species. In each diagram, the two principal triple points are located at the intersections of three predominance-region boundary lines.

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Silver, G.L. Two predominance-region diagrams for plutonium. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry 262, 629–632 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-004-0485-8

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