title: Work and disproportionation for aqueous plutonium.
abstract: The relation of two plutonium work integrals has recently been illustrated. One of the integrals applies to the work of disproportionation of tetravalent plutonium in 1 M acid and the other to the work of oxidation of plutonium from the trivalent to a higher oxidation state. This paper generalizes the disproportionation work integral so that it can be applied to tetravalent plutonium at any acid concentration. An equation is provided that can be used to verify work estimations obtained by integration. It applies to oxidation and disproportionation processes and it is easy to use.
authors.affiliation: Los Alamos National Laboratory, PO Box 1663, MS E500, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA. gsilver@lanl.gov
authors.forename: G L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Silver
mesh_terms: D003198:Computer Simulation; D004735:Energy Transfer; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D008956:Models, Chemical; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D011005:Plutonium / Q000737:chemistry*; D012996:Solutions; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D012996:Solutions; D014867:Water; D011005:Plutonium