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680 A. Discussion <strong>of</strong> selected referencesIn addition, the first complexation constants <strong>of</strong> Np(V) complexes with nitrate,chloride, sulphate, thiocyanide, iodate, fluoride, nitrite <strong>and</strong> acetate were presented. Theextraction data are reported in the source study [79RAO/GUD], <strong>and</strong> they are discussedunder that entry below. Table 7 <strong>of</strong> [79KUS/GAN] contains, for iodate, fluoride <strong>and</strong>nitrite as lig<strong>and</strong>, three additional values for β 1 , put in parentheses <strong>and</strong> reported to bethe results <strong>of</strong> spectrophotometric measurements. These measurements are reportedin [78RAO/PAT] <strong>and</strong> are discussed under that entry above. Note that the figures in[79KUS/GAN] seem to be incorrectly placed: the figure placed at figure caption 14(a)appears to be Figure 14(b), the one placed at figure caption 14(b) looks like Figure 15,<strong>and</strong> the one placed at figure caption 15 in fact seems to be Figure 14(a).[79MOS/POZ]The comments in this entry also refer to the [78MOS/POZ] entry. Apparently theexperiments <strong>and</strong> the tabulated results (including typographical errors) are identical.For some experiments, more detail is given in the earlier reference.The authors give stability constants for the Np(V) <strong>and</strong> Pu(V) complexes with anumber <strong>of</strong> inorganic <strong>and</strong> organic lig<strong>and</strong>s based on a method involving co-precipitation<strong>of</strong> the free actinide cations with amorphous Fe(OH) 3 at 20 ± 2 ◦ C in pH = 8.5 solutions<strong>of</strong> NH 4 Cl. Experimental data describing the stability <strong>of</strong> the species in Table A.8 iseither tabulated or plotted in [78MOS/POZ]or[79MOS/POZ].Table A.8: Stability constants <strong>of</strong> Np(V) <strong>and</strong> Pu(V) complexes with various lig<strong>and</strong>s asgiven in [78MOS/POZ]<strong>and</strong>[79MOS/POZ].Composition Ionic medium Lig<strong>and</strong> logβ(±2σ )<strong>of</strong> the complex (M NH 4 (Cl,L)) concentration(M)NpO + 2PuO + 2MO 2 SO − 3 1.0 0.1 − 0.28 (1.50 ± 0.05)MO 2 (SO 3 ) 3−21.0 (3.01 ± 0.4)MO 2 SO − 4 ∼ 1.5 0.15 − 0.6 (1.04 ± 0.4)MO 2 HCO 3 (aq) (c) 0.25 0.05 − 0.13 (2.15 ± 0.05)MO 2 (HCO 3 ) − 2 (c) 0.25 0.01 − 0.13 (3.66±0.10) (a) (1.90±0.10)MO 2 (HPO 4 ) − 1.0 (b) 0.05 − 0.34 (2.90 ± 0.11) (2.39±0.04)MO 2 (PO 4 ) 2− 1.0 (b) 0.05 − 0.30 (5.78 ± 0.25)(a) Result given in [78MOS/POZ] only.(b) Given, presumably incorrectly, as 0.1 M in the papers.(c) The stoiochiometry <strong>of</strong> this species was not confirmed, <strong>and</strong> this review considers that the numericalvalue <strong>of</strong> the corresponding stability constant is in contradiction with later experimental work.The wide range <strong>of</strong> lig<strong>and</strong> concentration means that there are ionic medium effectsinfluencing the precision <strong>of</strong> all <strong>of</strong> these determinations, particularly in the case <strong>of</strong> thebicarbonate <strong>and</strong> SO 2−4experiments. This is a problem common to many experiments

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