Least-squares estimations of the first hydrolysis constant of Pu(IV)

Author: Silver G.  

Publisher: Springer Publishing Company

ISSN: 0236-5731

Source: Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, Vol.291, Iss.3, 2012-03, pp. : 915-917

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Abstract

The numerical value of the first hydrolysis constant of tetravalent plutonium is uncertain by a factor of about ten. This article illustrates the estimation of that constant by a least squares method applied to simultaneous equations involving all of the Pu oxidation states.