TY - JOUR
T1 - Electrochemical behavior and electronic absorption spectra of uranium trivalent ions in molten LiCl-CsCl mixtures
AU - Nagai, T.
AU - Uehara, A.
AU - Fujii, T.
AU - Sato, Nobuaki
AU - Yamana, H.
PY - 2011/7/15
Y1 - 2011/7/15
N2 - The redox reactions and coordination circumstances of uranium trivalent ions in molten LiCl-CsCl mixtures were investigated by cyclic voltammetry and spectrophotometry. The formal redox potential, E°′(U3+|U), in LiCl-CsCl mixtures with the CsCl mole fraction of 0.2 was more positive than that in LiCl melt. The CsCl system showed the most negative E°′(U 3+|U). The electronic absorption spectra of U3+ in LiCl-CsCl mixtures showed that the intensities of absorption peaks decreased with the increase of CsCl mole fraction. The oscillator strength of the hypersensitive f-f transition, f, decreased with the increase of CsCl mole fraction.
AB - The redox reactions and coordination circumstances of uranium trivalent ions in molten LiCl-CsCl mixtures were investigated by cyclic voltammetry and spectrophotometry. The formal redox potential, E°′(U3+|U), in LiCl-CsCl mixtures with the CsCl mole fraction of 0.2 was more positive than that in LiCl melt. The CsCl system showed the most negative E°′(U 3+|U). The electronic absorption spectra of U3+ in LiCl-CsCl mixtures showed that the intensities of absorption peaks decreased with the increase of CsCl mole fraction. The oscillator strength of the hypersensitive f-f transition, f, decreased with the increase of CsCl mole fraction.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2011.03.048
DO - 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2011.03.048
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:79959952597
VL - 414
SP - 226
EP - 231
JO - Journal of Nuclear Materials
JF - Journal of Nuclear Materials
SN - 0022-3115
IS - 2
ER -