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Plutonium speciation: The one-oxidation-state method

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The distribution of plutonium oxidation-states in acid solutions can be estimated if the pH and the fraction of one oxidation state can be determined. The approach applies to plutonium in laboratory solutions and to plutonium in water of the environment.

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Silver, G.L. Plutonium speciation: The one-oxidation-state method. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 275, 457–458 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-007-7044-z

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