X-ray absorption spectroscopy was used to probe the interactions between an octadentate hydroxypyridinone chelator and two transuranic elements in microgram quantities – plutonium and berkelium – within buffered solutions. Despite… Click to show full abstract
X-ray absorption spectroscopy was used to probe the interactions between an octadentate hydroxypyridinone chelator and two transuranic elements in microgram quantities – plutonium and berkelium – within buffered solutions. Despite the precedence for chelation-driven stabilization of the tetravalent oxidation state of actinides with this ligand, in situ reductive decomposition yielded plutonium(III) and berkelium(III) coordination complexes.
               
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