A remote valency control technique: catalytic reduction of uranium(VI) to uranium(IV) by external ultrasound irradiation.
We here report the enhancement of a sonochemical effect (chemical reaction induced by ultrasound irradiation) by a Pt black catalyst; the sonochemical reduction of the highly stable U(VI) was demonstrated using this catalytic reaction.
Toraishi
Takashi
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Research Group for Actinide Separation Chemistry, Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA), Tokai-mura, Ibaraki 319-1195, Japan. toraishi.takashi@jaea.go.jp
Kimura
Takaumi
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Arisaka
Makoto
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