Variation of stability constants of thorium citrate complexes with ionic strength
Date
1996
Authors
Choppin, G. R.
Erten, H. N.
Xia, Yuan-Xia
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Source Title
Radiochimica Acta
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0033-8230
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De Gruyter Oldenbourg
Volume
74
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1
Pages
123 - 127
Language
English
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Abstract
Citrate is among the organic anions which are expected to be present in the wastes planned for deposition in the WIPP repository. In this study, a solvent extraction method has been used to measure the stability constants of Th(IV) with citrate anions in aqueous solutions with (a) NaClO4 and (b) NaCI as the back-ground electrolytes. The ionic strengths were varied up to 5 m (NaCl) and 14 m (NaClO4). The data from the NaClO4 solutions at varying pH values were used to calculate thermodynamic stability constants through the use of Specific Ion Interaction Theory (SIT).