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The hydrolysis of hydroxamic acid complexants in the presence of non-oxidizing metal ions 2: Neptunium (IV) ions.

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The hydrolysis of hydroxamic acid complexants in the presence of non-oxidizing metal ions 2: Neptunium (IV) ions. / Andrieux, Fabrice Pierre Louis; Boxall, C.; May, I. et al.
In: Journal of Solution Chemistry, Vol. 37, No. 2, 02.2008, p. 215-232.

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Andrieux FPL, Boxall C, May I, Taylor RJ. The hydrolysis of hydroxamic acid complexants in the presence of non-oxidizing metal ions 2: Neptunium (IV) ions. Journal of Solution Chemistry. 2008 Feb;37(2):215-232. doi: 10.1007/s10953-007-9225-3

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title = "The hydrolysis of hydroxamic acid complexants in the presence of non-oxidizing metal ions 2: Neptunium (IV) ions.",
abstract = "Hydroxamic acids are salt free, organic compounds with affinities for cations such as Fe3+, Np4+ and Pu4+, and have been identified as suitable reagents for the control of Pu and Np in advanced nuclear fuel reprocessing. The results of a UV-visible, near-IR spectrophotometric study of the 1:1 and 2:1 complexes formed between formo- and aceto-hydroxamic acids (FHA, AHA) and Np(IV) ions are interpreted using speciation diagrams for the identification of the species present at different pH and ligand to metal ratios. A kinetic model that describes the instability of the complex due to hydrolysis of the hydroxamate moiety, previously developed for the Fe(III)-AHA complexes (Andrieux et al. in J. Solution Chem. 36:1201-1217, [2007]), is tested here against experimental Np(IV)-FHA data. Consequently, the complexation constant for formation of the 1:1 Np(IV)-FHA complex in nitric acid is estimated at K-1=2715 and indications are that complexation protects the ligand against hydrolysis at 0.1 > pH >-0.1.",
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N2 - Hydroxamic acids are salt free, organic compounds with affinities for cations such as Fe3+, Np4+ and Pu4+, and have been identified as suitable reagents for the control of Pu and Np in advanced nuclear fuel reprocessing. The results of a UV-visible, near-IR spectrophotometric study of the 1:1 and 2:1 complexes formed between formo- and aceto-hydroxamic acids (FHA, AHA) and Np(IV) ions are interpreted using speciation diagrams for the identification of the species present at different pH and ligand to metal ratios. A kinetic model that describes the instability of the complex due to hydrolysis of the hydroxamate moiety, previously developed for the Fe(III)-AHA complexes (Andrieux et al. in J. Solution Chem. 36:1201-1217, [2007]), is tested here against experimental Np(IV)-FHA data. Consequently, the complexation constant for formation of the 1:1 Np(IV)-FHA complex in nitric acid is estimated at K-1=2715 and indications are that complexation protects the ligand against hydrolysis at 0.1 > pH >-0.1.

AB - Hydroxamic acids are salt free, organic compounds with affinities for cations such as Fe3+, Np4+ and Pu4+, and have been identified as suitable reagents for the control of Pu and Np in advanced nuclear fuel reprocessing. The results of a UV-visible, near-IR spectrophotometric study of the 1:1 and 2:1 complexes formed between formo- and aceto-hydroxamic acids (FHA, AHA) and Np(IV) ions are interpreted using speciation diagrams for the identification of the species present at different pH and ligand to metal ratios. A kinetic model that describes the instability of the complex due to hydrolysis of the hydroxamate moiety, previously developed for the Fe(III)-AHA complexes (Andrieux et al. in J. Solution Chem. 36:1201-1217, [2007]), is tested here against experimental Np(IV)-FHA data. Consequently, the complexation constant for formation of the 1:1 Np(IV)-FHA complex in nitric acid is estimated at K-1=2715 and indications are that complexation protects the ligand against hydrolysis at 0.1 > pH >-0.1.

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