title: Structural and spectroscopic characterization of plutonyl(VI) nitrate under acidic conditions.
abstract: The plutonyl(VI) dinitrate complex [PuO(2)(NO(3))(2)(H(2)O)(2)]·H(2)O (1) has been structurally characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and spectroscopically characterized by solid-state vis-NIR and Raman spectroscopies. Aqueous solution spectroscopic studies indicate only weak plutonyl(VI) nitrate complexation, with the mononitrate complex dominating and negligible dinitrate formation, even in concentrated nitric acid.
authors.affiliation: Chemistry Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA.
authors.forename: Andrew J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Gaunt
authors.forename: Iain
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: May
authors.forename: Mary P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Neu
authors.forename: Sean D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Reilly
authors.forename: Brian L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Scott