Behavior of Americium in Aqueous Carbonate Systems

摘要

The solubilities of crystalline Am(OH) sub 3 and AmOHCO sub 3 were measured at 25 exp 0 C in aqueous solutions of 0.1 M NaClO sub 4 by determination of the solution concentrations of Am. Prior to use in the measurements, the solid materials were characterized by their x-ray powder diffraction patterns. The solubility product quotients were calculated from the experimental data. The hydrolysis quotients of Am exp 3+ were also estimated from the hydroxide solubility data. Using the thermodynamic data derived from these experiments and the recently reported formation constants for the Am exp 3+ carbonate complexes, the solid phases and concentrations of solution species of americium in several aqueous carbonate systems were calculated using the computer code MINEQL. 20 references, 1 figure, 1 table. (ERA citation 09:008196)