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Published on: April 12, 2017
Raman spectroscopic determination of equilibrium constants of uranyl sulphate complexes in aqueous solutions
1Laboratoire de Spectrométrie de Vibrations, Université de Nancy I, B.P. 239, F-54506 Vandoeuvre-Lès-Nancy Cédex, France.
Abstract:
Raman spectra are used to determine the formation constants of uranyl sulphate complexes in aqueous solutions at 20 degrees and remedy the confusion existing in this area in the available literature. Solutions with a varying total sulphate concentration and an ionic strength lower than 0.4M are analysed. The species UO(2)SO(4) and UO(2)(SO(4))(2-)(2) are characterized by a resolved Raman band at 861 cm(-1) and an unresolved one at 852 cm(-1), corresponding to the uranyl symmetrical stretching vibration. The equilibrium constants, in term of activity (standard state 1M), are found to be about 1400 and 11, respectively, for the consecutive reactions: UO(2+)(2)(aq)+SO(2-)(4)(aq)=UO(2)SO(4)(aq) and UO(2)SO(4)(aq)+SO(2-)(4)(aq)=UO(2)(SO(4))(2-)(2)(aq).
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