THE RADIOCHEMISTRY OF PLUTONIUM - Sciencemadness.org

CONTENTS
I. General Reviews of the Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry
of Plutonium . . . . . . . . . . . .
II. General Reviews of the Radiochemistry of Plutonium . . .
III. Table of Isotopes of Plutonium . . . . . . .
rv. Chemistry of Plutonium of Special Interest to the Radiochemist
A. Metallic Plutonium . . . , .
A. 1 Preparation . . . . .
A. 2 Physical Properties . . .
A. 3 Chemical Properties . . .
B. Compounds of Pu . . . . .
c. Plutonium Ions in Solution . . .
C. 1 Oxidation States . . . .
C. 2 Oxidation Reduction Reactions .
C. 3 Disproportionation Reactions .
C. 4 Radiolytic Reduction of Pu Solutions
C. 5 Hydrolytic Reactions of Plutonium
C. 6 Pu(IV) Polymer . . . .
C. 7 Complex Ion Formation . . .
D. Separation Methods . . . . .
D. 1 Co-precipitation and Precipitation
D. 2 Solvent Extraction Methods . .
D. 3 Ion Exchange . . . .,
v. Dissolution of Plutonium Samples for Analysis
A. Metallic Plutonium . . . . .
B. Other Compounds . . . . .
c. Biological and Environmental Samples .
VI. Source Preparation and Counting Methods .
A. Source Preparation . . . . .
A. 1 Direct Evaporation . . . .
A. 2 Electrodeposition . . . .
A. 3 Other Methods . . . . .
B. Counting . . . . . . .
VII. Safety Considerations . . . . .
A. Radioactive Safety . . , . .
B. Criticality Safety . . . . .
VIII. Collection of Procedures . . . .
A. Introduction . . . . . .
B. Listing of Contents . . . . .
Procedure 1. Determination of Pu in solutions containing large
amounts of Feand Cr . . , . . .
Procedure 2. Separation and determination of Pu by TTA
extraction . . . . . . .
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