Zirconium(IV) fluorosulphates : Preparation and characterization

Zr(SO₃F)₄, (A); ZrO(SO₃F)₂, (B); Zr(O₂CCH₃)₂, (SO₃F)₂, (C); and Zr(O₂CCH₃)₃SO₃F, (D) have been prepared and characterized (elemental analysis,i.r. Spectra and thermal analysis). The SO₃F groups are bidentate in (A) – (C) but have C_3V symmetry in D where all the three oxygen atoms of SO₃F group are coordinated in an equivalent manner. (A) – (D) are good Lewis acids and form coordination complexes with pyridine, triphenylphosphine oxide and 2,2′-bipyridyl. The thermal decomposition of the fluorosulphates is complex.     

Adaptable coordination of U(IV) in the 2D-(4,4) uranium oxalate network: From 8 to 10 coordinations in the uranium (IV) oxalate hydrates

Crystals of uranium (IV) oxalate hydrates, U(C₂O₄)₂·6H₂O (1) and U(C₂O₄)₂·2H₂O (2), were obtained by hydrothermal methods using two different U(IV) precursors, U₃O₈ oxide and nitric U(IV) solution in presence of hydrazine to avoid oxidation of U(IV) into uranyl ion. Growth of crystals of solvated monohydrated uranium (IV) oxalate, U(C₂O₄)₂·H₂O·(dma) (3), dma=dimethylamine, was achieved by slow diffusion of U(IV) into a gel containing oxalate ions. The three structures are built on a bi-dimensional complex polymer of U(IV) atoms connected through bis-bidentate oxalate ions forming [U(C₂O₄)]₄ pseudo-squares. The flexibility of this supramolecular arrangement allows modifications of the coordination number of the U(IV) atom which, starting from 8 in 1 increases to 9 in 3 and, finally increases, to 10 in 2. The coordination polyhedron changes from a distorted cube, formed by eight oxygen atoms of four oxalate ions, in 1, to a mono-capped square anti-prism in 3 and, finally, to a di-capped square anti-prism in 2, resulting from rotation of the oxalate ions and addition of one and two water oxygen atoms in the coordination of U(IV). In 1, the space between the _∞²[U(C₂O₄)₂] planar layers is occupied by non-coordinated water molecules; in 2, the space between the staggered _∞²[U(C₂O₄)₂·2H₂O] layers is empty, finally in 3, the solvate molecules occupy the interlayer space between corrugated _∞²[U(C₂O₄)₂·H₂O] sheets. The thermal decomposition of U(C₂O₄)₂·6H₂O under air and argon atmospheres gives U₃O₈ and UO₂, respectively.     

Uranium(IV) polyoxotungstophosphates

Two tris(oxouranium)-substituted Keggin and Dawson sandwich-type tungstophosphate heteropolyanions Na₁₂[(UO)₃(H₂O)₆(PW₉O₃₄)₂]·21 H₂O (1) and Na₁₈[(UO)₃(H₂O)₆(P₂W₁₅O₅₆)₂]·27 H₂O (2) have been prepared by reaction of uranium sulphate with [PW₉O₃₄]⁹⁻ and [P₂W₁₅O₅₆]¹²⁻, respectively, in aqueous media at 4.7 pH. The products were characterized by elemental and thermal analyses, IR, UV-Vis spectroscopy and magnetical susceptibility. The results of these studies suggest that the compounds obtained from Keggin and Dawson trilacunary anions are 2∶3 sandwich-type complexes and both exhibit a square antiprismatic stereochemistry for uranium(IV) with retention of polyoxometallate parent structure.     

Thermal decomposition of cesium hexanitratouranium(IV)

As cesium hexanitratouranium(IV), Cs₂U(NO₃)₆, has the same Cs:U stoichiometry as that of Cs₂UO₄, thermal decomposition of this nitrato complex in air and nitrogen was studied in detail as a possible alternate method of preparing pure Cs₂UO₄. The volatility of cesium nitrate, which is one of the intermediate products, changed this Cs:U ratio during thermal decomposition. Hence, only Cs₂U₂O₇ was obtained on heating the sample to 775 K or higher. A scheme for the thermal decomposition of Cs₂U(NO₃)₆ is given by combining the observed TG, XRD and IR data.     

Temperature and ionic strength influence on U(VI/V) and U(IV/III) redox potentials in aqueous acidic and carbonate solutions

Redox potentials: E(UO ₂ ²⁺ /UO ₂ ⁺ )=60±4 mV/NHE, E(U⁴⁺/U³⁺)=–630±4mV/NHE measured at 25°C in acidic medium (HClO₄ 1M) using cyclic voltametry are in accordance with the published data. From 5°C to 55°C the variations of the potentials of these systems (measured against Ag/AgCl electrode) are linear. The entropies are then constant: [S(UO ₂ ²⁺ /UO ₂ ⁺ )–S(Ag/AgCl)]/F=0±0.3 mV/°C, [S(U⁴⁺/U³⁺)–S(Ag/AgCl)]/F=1.5±0.3 mV/°C. From 5°C to 55°C, in carbonate medium (Na₂CO₃=0.2M), the Specific Ionic Interaction Theory can model the experimental results up to I=2M (Na⁺, ClO ₄ ^– , CO ₃ ^2– ): E(UO₂(CO₃) ₃ ^4– /UO₂(CO₃) ₃ ^5– )=–778±5 mv/NHE (I=0, T=25°C, (25°C)=(UO₂(CO₃) ₃ ^4– , Na⁺)–(UO₂(CO₃) ₃ ^5– , Na⁺)=0.92 kg/mole, S(UO₂(CO₃) ₃ ^4– /UO₂(CO₃) ₃ ^5– =–1.8±0.5 mV/°C (I=0), =(Cl^–, Na⁺)=(1.14–0.007T) kg/mole. The U(VI/V) potential shift, between carbonate and acidic media, is used to calculate (at I=0,25°C):

Incorporation of Sulfate or Selenate Groups into Oxotellurates(IV): I. Calcium,Cadmium, and Strontium Compounds

Seven new mixed oxochalcogenate compounds in the systems M^II/X^VI/Te^IV/O/(H), (M^II = Ca, Cd, Sr; X^VI = S, Se) were obtained under hydrothermal conditions (210 °C, one week). Crystal structure determinations based on single‐crystal X‐ray diffraction data revealed the compositions Ca₃(SeO₄)(TeO₃)₂, Ca₃(SeO₄)(Te₃O₈), Cd₃(SeO₄)(Te₃O₈), Cd₃(H₂O)(SO₄)(Te₃O₈), Cd₄(SO₄)(TeO₃)₃, Cd₅(SO₄)₂(TeO₃)₂(OH)₂, and Sr₃(H₂O)₂(SeO₄)(TeO₃)₂ for these phases. Peculiar features of the crystal structures of Ca₃(SeO₄)(TeO₃)₂, Ca₃(SeO₄)(Te₃O₈), Cd₃(SeO₄)(Te₃O₈), Cd₃(H₂O)(SO₄)(Te₃O₈), and Sr₃(H₂O)₂(SeO₄)(TeO₃)₂ are metal‐oxotellurate(IV) layers connected by bridging XO₄ tetrahedra and/or by hydrogen‐bonding interactions involving hydroxyl or water groups, whereas Cd₄(SO₄)(TeO₃)₃ and Cd₅(SO₄)₂(TeO₃)₂(OH)₂ crystallize as framework structures. Common to all crystal structures is the stereoactivity of the Te^IV electron lone pair for each oxotellurate(IV) unit, pointing either into the inter‐layer space, or into channels and cavities in the crystal structures.     

Framework Polymorphism and Modular Crystal Structures of Uranyl Vanadates of Divalent Cations: Synthesis and Characterization of M(UO2)(V2O7) (M = Ca,Sr) and Sr3(UO2)(V2O7)2

Uranyl vanadate compounds with divalent cations, M(UO₂)(V₂O₇) (M = Ca, Sr) and Sr₃(UO₂)(V₂O₇)₂, were synthesized by flux crystal growth, and their crystal structures were solved using single‐crystal X‐ray diffraction data. Ca(UO₂)V₂O₇ and Sr(UO₂)V₂O₇ were synthesized from reactants with molar ratios M:U:V of 1:1:2 and identical heating conditions, and increasing the M:U:V ratio to 3:1:4 resulted in Sr₃(UO₂)(V₂O₇)₂. Crystallographic data for M(UO₂)V₂O₇ compounds are: a = 7.1774(18) Å, b = 6.7753(17) Å, c = 8.308(2) Å; V = 404.01(18) ų; space group Pmn2₁, Z = 2 for Ca; a = 13.4816(11) Å, b = 7.3218(6) Å, c = 8.4886(7) Å; V = 837.91(12) ų; space group Pnma, Z = 4 for Sr. Compound Sr₃(UO₂)(V₂O₇)₂ has a = 6.891(3) Å, b = 7.171(3) Å, c = 14.696(6) Å, α = 85.201(4)?, β = 78.003(4)?, γ = 89.188(4)?; V = 707.9(5) ų; space group P1 , Z = 2. The framework structure of Sr(UO₂)(V₂O₇) is related to that of Pb(UO₂)(V₂O₇) reported previously, while that of Ca(UO₂)(V₂O₇) has a different topology. The topological polymorphism of the [(UO₂)(V₂O₇)]‐type framework may be due to the differing ionic radii of the guest M²⁺ cations. Compound Sr₃(UO₂)(V₂O₇)₂ has a modular structure based on two different types of electroneutral layers: [Sr(UO₂)(V₂O₇)] and [Sr₂(V₂O₇)]. Structural complexities were calculated, and Raman spectra were collected and their peaks were assigned.     

Extraction and thermodynamic behavior of U(VI) and Th(IV) from nitric acid solution with tri-isoamyl phosphate

The extraction behavior of U(VI) and Th(IV) with tri-isoamyl phosphate–kerosene (TiAP–KO) from nitric acid medium was investigated in detail using the batch extraction method as a function of aqueous-phase acidity, TiAP concentration and temperature, then the thermodynamic parameters associated with the extraction were derived by the second-law method. It could be noted that the distribution ratios of U(VI) or Th(IV) increased with increasing HNO₃ concentration until 6 or 5 M from 0.1 M. However, a good separation factor (D _U(VI)/D _Th(IV)) of 88.25 was achieved at 6 M HNO₃, and the stripping of U(VI) from TiAP–KO with deionized water or diluted nitric acid was easier than that of Th(IV). The probable extracted species were deduced by log D-log c plot at different temperatures as UO₂(NO₃)₂·(TiAP)_(1–2) and Th(NO₃)₄·(TiAP)_(2–3), respectively. Additionally, △H, △G and △S for the extraction of U(VI) and Th(IV) revealed that the extraction of U(VI) by TiAP was an exothermic process and was counteracted by entropy change, while the extraction of Th(IV) was an endothermic process and was driven by entropy change.     

Der Einfluß des Mediums auf die Kinetik der katalytischen Oxydation des Thalliums(I) durch Cer(IV)

The influence of NaClO₄, Na₂SO₄, Ce₂(SO₄)₃, H₂SO₄, and HClO₄ on the oxidation of Tl(I) by Ce(IV) in the presence of Mn(IV) as a catalyst was investigated. It was found that in the presence of NaClO₄ and HClO₄ the existence of CeSO₄ ²⁺ facilitated the reaction progress. An increase of the SO₄ ^2– concentration favours the formation of negative complexes of Ce(IV) and Ce(III) such as Ce(SO₄)₃ ^2–, HCe(SO₄)₃-, and Ce(SO₄)₂- inhibiting the course of the reaction.

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Interaction of uranyl with Se(IV) and Se(VI) in aqueous acid solutions by means of capillary electrophoresis

The uranyl–selenium(IV) and uranyl–selenium(VI) interactions were studied by CE in aqueous acid solutions, containing U(VI) and Se(IV) or Se(VI) at different concentrations, at pH 1.5, 2.0 and 2.5. The method proposed in this paper allows one with the use of CE data on metal ion mobilities at different pHs to establish the ligand species interacting with metal ion and complex species formed. In the case of Se(VI) a selenate, as demonstrated, interacts with uranyl ions, in the case of Se(IV) this is a hydroselenite. It was also shown that the equilibria for the U(VI)–Se(VI) and U(VI)–Se(IV) systems can be established from CE data. The formation of UO₂SeO₄, UO₂(SeO₄), UO₂HSeO and UO₂(HSeO₃)₂ species is demonstrated. The stability constant values were measured at different ionic strengths (from 0.02 to 0.2 mol/L). The logarithms of the stability constant values (β°) extrapolated to ionic strength 0 by the specific ion interaction theory (SIT) are found to be log β°₁=2.93±0.06 for UO₂SeO₄ formation, log β°₂=4.030.18 for UO₂(SeO₄) formation, log β°₁=3.270.15 for UO₂HSeO formation and log β°₂=5.510.11 for UO₂(HSeO₃)₂ at 25°C. The results for the first constant values for each of systems are consistent with the published values. For UO₂(SeO₄) formation, a new constant stability value is given. The existence of UO₂(HSeO₃)₂ complex species is demonstrated and its constant stability value is given for the first time.     

Synthesis, crystal structure and electrical characterization of two new potassium uranyl molybdates K2(UO2)2(MoO4)O2 and K8(UO2)8(MoO5)3O6

Two new potassium uranyl molybdates K₂(UO₂)₂(MoO₄)O₂ and K₈(UO₂)₈(MoO₅)₃O₆ have been obtained by solid state chemistry . The crystal structures were determined by single crystal X-ray diffraction data, collected with MoKα radiation and a charge coupled device (CCD) detector. Their structures were solved using direct methods and Fourier difference techniques and refined by a least square method on the basis of F² for all unique reflections, with R₁=0.046 for 136 parameters and 1412 reflections with I?2σ(I) for K₂(UO₂)₂(MoO₄)O₂ and R₁=0.055 for 257 parameters and 2585 reflections with I?2σ(I) for K₈(UO₂)₈(MoO₅)₃O₆. The first compound crystallizes in the monoclinic symmetry, space group P2₁/c with a=8.250(1) Å, b=15.337(2) Å, c=8.351(1) Å, β=104.75(1)°, ρ_mes=5.22(2) g/cm³, ρ_cal=5.27(2) g/cm³ and Z=4. The second material adopts a tetragonal unit cell with a=b=23.488(3) Å, c=6.7857(11) Å, ρ_mes=5.44(3) g/cm³, ρ_cal=5.49(2) g/cm³, Z=4 and space group P4/n.In both structures, the uranium atoms adopt a UO₇ pentagonal bipyramid environment, molybdenum atoms are in a MoO₄ tetrahedral environment for K₂(UO₂)₂(MoO₄)O₂ and MoO₅ square pyramid coordination in K₈(UO₂)₈(MoO₅)₃O₆. These compounds are characterized by layered structures. The association of uranyl ions (UO₇) and molybdate oxoanions MoO₄ or MoO₅, give infinite layers [(UO₂)₂(MoO₄)O₂]²⁻ and [(UO₂)₈(MoO₅)₃O₆]⁸⁻ in K₂(UO₂)₂(MoO₄)O₂ and K₈(UO₂)₈(MoO₅)₃O₆, respectively. Conductivity properties of alkali metal within the interlayer spaces have been measured and show an Arrhenius type evolution.     

Preparations,structures and thermal decomposition of some bis(pentafluorobenzoato)dioxouranium(VI) complexes

Reaction Of UO₂(O₂CCH₃)₂ with pentafluorobenzoic acid yields UO₂(O₂CC₆F₅)₂, which has been converted into the solvated complexes UO₂(O₂CC₆F₅)₂L₂·S [L₂ = 2,2′-bipyridyl (bpy), S = 0.33 (PhH) or 0.07 (t-BuOH); L = Ph₃PO, S = t-BuOH; L = Ph₃AsO, S = 0.40 (t-BuOH)] and the solvent free UO₂(O₂CC₆F₅)₂L₂ [L₂ = bpy; L = Ph₃PO]. The crystal structure of UO₂(O₂CC₆F₅)₂bpy (orthorhombic, space group P2₁2₁2₁; a = 18.45(2), b = 18.94(2), c = 7.069(8) Å, Z = 4] reveals distorted hexagonal bipyramidal stereochemistry with a trans UO₂ group, chelating pentafluorobenzoate ligands, and chelating 2,2′-bipyridyl, which is significantly displaced from the hexagonal plane. The structure of UO₂(O₂CC₆F₅)₂(OPPh₃)₂·t-BuOH [rhombohedral, space group R3; a = 21.51(3) Å, α = 117.28(5)°, Z = 3] shows trans UO₂, pseudo trans Ph₃PO ligands, and one unidentate and one disordered chelating pentafluorobenzoate ligand, whilst t-BuOH could not be located because it is highly disordered. Relationships between ν (CO₂) frequencies and the carboxylate coordination are discussed, and UO₂(O₂CC₆F₅)₂(OAsPh₃)₂.0.40 (t-BuOH) is considered to have stereochemistry similar to that of the phosphine oxide complex. The complexes undergo decarboxylation in dimethyl sulphoxide yielding pentafluorobenzene and carbonatodioxouranium(VI) species not UO₂(C₆F₅)₂ derivatives.     

Hydrogen‐bonded network structures in dipyridinium,bis(2‐methylpyridinium), bis(3‐methylpyridinium) and bis(4‐methylpyridinium) dioxidobis(oxydiacetato)uranate(VI)

Four complexes containing the [UO₂(oda)₂]²⁻ anion (oda is oxydiacetate) are reported, namely dipyridinium dioxidobis(oxydiacetato)uranate(VI), (C₅H₆N)₂[U(C₄H₄O₅)₂O₂], (I), bis(2‐methylpyridinium) dioxidobis(oxydiacetato)uranate(VI), (C₈H₈N)₂[U(C₄H₄O₅)₂O₂], (II), bis(3‐methylpyridinium) dioxidobis(oxydiacetato)uranate(VI), (C₈H₈N)₂[U(C₄H₄O₅)₂O₂], (III), and bis(4‐methylpyridinium) dioxidobis(oxydiacetato)uranate(VI), (C₈H₈N)₂[U(C₄H₄O₅)₂O₂], (IV). The anions are achiral and are located on a mirror plane in (I) and on inversion centres in (II)–(IV). The four complexes are assembled into three‐dimensional structures via N—H...O and C—H...O interactions. Compounds (III) and (IV) are isomorphous; the [UO₂(oda)₂]²⁻ anions form a porous matrix which is nearly identical in the two structures, and the cations are located in channels formed in this matrix. Compounds (I) and (II) are very different from (III) and (IV): (I) forms a layered structure, while (II) forms ribbons.     

Solvent extraction of hafnium(IV)

^{175, 181}Hafnium(IV) was extracted by HDBP in 2-ethylhexanol from 1–10M solutions of HClO₄, HCl and HNO₃, and 1–8M H₂SO₄. As with low polar organic phase diluents, the acidity dependence of the distribution ratio of Hf, D, passes through a minimum for HClO₄, HCl, and H₂SO₄ whereas only an increase of D can be observed with increasing HNO₃ concentration. From the slope analysis the following complexes were found to be extracted (HDBP=HA): HfA₄ at <4M HClO₄ and <5M HCl, lg K_extr=9, HfX₄(HA)₄ (X=ClO ₄ ⁻ , Cl⁻ or NO ₃ ⁻ ) at >5M HClO₄, >7M HCl and 1–10M HNO₃, Hf(SO₄)A₂(HA)_3–4 at <3M H₂SO₄, and Hf(SO₄)₂ (HA)₄ at >6M H₂SO₄. Coextraction of sulphate with hafnium from H₂SO₄ solutions was evidenced in experiments with macro concentrations of Hf(IV) and³⁵SO ₄ ²⁻ . Part XX: Coll. Czech. Chem. Commun., 40 (1975) 3617.     

New open-framework in the uranyl vanadates A3(UO2)7(VO4)5O (A=Li, Ag) with intergrowth structure between A(UO2)4(VO4)3 and A2(UO2)3(VO4)2O

New uranyl vanadates A₃(UO₂)₇(VO₄)₅O (M=Li (1), Na (2), Ag (3)) have been synthesized by solid-state reaction and their structures determined from single-crystal X-ray diffraction data for 1 and 3. The tetragonal structure results of an alternation of two types of sheets denoted S for _∞²[UO₂(VO₄)₂]⁴⁻ and D for _∞²[(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₃]⁵⁻ built from UO₆ square bipyramids and connected through VO₄ tetrahedra to _∞¹[U(3)O₅-U(4)O₅]⁸⁻ infinite chains of edge-shared U(3)O₇ and U(4)O₇ pentagonal bipyramids alternatively parallel to a- and b-axis to construct a three-dimensional uranyl vanadate arrangement. It is noticeable that similar _∞[UO₅]⁴⁻ chains are connected only by S-type sheets in A₂(UO₂)₃(VO₄)₂O and by D-type sheets in A(UO₂)₄(VO₄)₃, thus A₃(UO₂)₇(VO₄)₅O appears as an intergrowth structure between the two previously reported series. The mobility of the monovalent ion in the mutually perpendicular channels created in the three-dimensional arrangement is correlated to the occupation rate of the sites and by the geometry of the different sites occupied by either Na, Ag or Li. Crystallographic data: 293 K, Bruker X8-APEX2 X-ray diffractometer equipped with a 4 K CCD detector, MoKα, λ=0.71073 Å, tetragonal symmetry, space group P4¯m2, Z=1, full-matrix least-squares refinement on the basis of F²; 1,a=7.2794(9) Å, c=14.514(4) Å, R1=0.021 and wR2=0.048 for 62 parameters with 782 independent reflections with I?2σ(I); 3, a=7.2373(3) Å, c=14.7973(15) Å, R1=0.041 and wR2=0.085 for 60 parameters with 1066 independent reflections with I?2σ(I).     

Crystal structure of (C2H7N4O)2[UO2(C2O4)2(H2O)]

The single crystals of (C₂H₇N₄O)₂[UO₂(C₂O₄)₂(H₂O)] were studied by X-ray diffraction. The crystals are monoclinic, space group Pn, Z = 2, unit cell parameters: a = 9.4123(2) Å, b = 8.4591(2) Å, c = 11.8740(3) Å, β = 105.500(10)°, V = 911.02(4) ų. The main structural units of the crystals of I are islet complex groups [UO₂(C₂O₄)₂(H₂O)]^2? corresponding to the crystal chemical group AB ₂ ⁰¹ M¹ (A = UO UO ₂ ²⁺ , B⁰¹ = C₂O ₄ ^2? , M = H₂O) of uranyl complexes. Uranium-containing mononuclear complexes are connected into a three-dimensional framework through the electrostatic interactions and hydrogen bonding system involving carbamyolguanidinium ions.     

The effect of coordinated water on the connectivity of uranium(IV) sulfate x‐hydrate: [U(SO4)2(H2O)5]·H2O and [U(SO4)2(H2O)6]·2H2O,and a comparison with other known structures

Two new solid‐state uranium(IV) sulfate x‐hydrate complexes (where x is the total number of coordinated plus solvent waters), namely catena‐poly[[pentaaquauranium(IV)]‐di‐μ‐sulfato‐κ⁴O:O′] monohydrate], {[U(SO₄)₂(H₂O)₅]·H₂O}_n, and hexaaquabis(sulfato‐κ²O,O′)uranium(IV) dihydrate, [U(SO₄)₂(H₂O)₆]·2H₂O, have been synthesized, structurally characterized by single‐crystal X‐ray diffraction and analyzed by vibrational (IR and Raman) spectroscopy. By comparing these structures with those of four other known uranium(IV) sulfate x‐hydrates, the effect of additional coordinated water molecules on their structures has been elucidated. As the number of coordinated water molecules increases, the sulfate bonds are displaced, thus changing the binding mode of the sulfate ligands to the uranium centre. As a result, uranium(IV) sulfate x‐hydrate changes from being fully crosslinked in three dimensions in the anhydrous compound, through sheet and chain linking in the tetra‐ and hexahydrates, to fully unlinked molecules in the octa‐ and nonahydrates. It can be concluded that coordinated waters play an important role in determining the structure and connectivity of U^IV sulfate complexes.     

Competitive Coordination of the Uranyl ion by Perchlorate and Water – The Crystal Structures of UO2(ClO4)2·3H2O and UO2(ClO4)2·5H2O and a Redetermination of UO2(ClO4)2·7H2O (Z. Anorg. Allg. Chem. 2003, 629, 1012–1016)

In the article “Competitive Coordination of the Uranyl ion by Perchlorate and Water – The Crystal Structures of UO₂(ClO₄)₂·3H₂O and UO₂(ClO₄)₂·5H₂O and a Redetermination of UO₂(ClO₄)₂·7H₂O” (Z. Anorg. Allg. Chem. 2003 , 629, 1012–1016), some wrong parameters and bond lengths for UO₂(ClO₄)₂·7H₂O were given in table 1 and table 3 The correct parameters are: a = 1449.5(2) pm, b = 921.6(1) pm, c = 1067.5(2) pm, V = 1422.5(4)·10⁶ pm³, ρ = 2.712 g·cm^?3, μ = 119 cm^?1. The corrected bond lengths for this structure are U–O(1) 175.8(5) pm, U–O(2) 239.1(5) pm, U–O(3) 240.8(5), U–O(4) 242.0(7). A cif file with the correct data has been deposited with the ICSD.     

Extraction of U(VI) and Th(IV) from nitric acid medium using tri(butoxyethyl) phosphate (TBEP) in <Emphasis Type="Italic">n</Emphasis>-paraffin

Extraction behavior of U(VI) and Th(IV) from nitric acid medium is investigated using organo-phosphorous extractant, tri(butoxyethyl) phosphate in n-paraffin at room temperature (27 ± 1 °C). The effect of diluents, nitric acid concentration as well as extractant concentration on extraction of U(VI) and Th(IV) are evaluated. Extraction of U(VI) and Th(IV) from nitric acid medium proceeds via solvation mechanism. Slope analysis technique showed the formation of neutral complexes of the type of UO₂(NO₃)₂·2TBEP and Th(NO₃)₄·3TBEP with U(VI) and Th(IV) respectively in the organic phase. The FTIR data showed shifting of P=O stretching frequency from 1,282 to 1,217 cm⁻¹ indicating the strong complexation of P=O group with UO₂ ²⁺ ions in the organic phase. Effect of stripping agents, other metal ions and their separation with respect to U(VI) extraction has also been investigated.     

The study of the speciation of uranyl–sulphate complexes by UV–Vis absorption spectra decomposition

Uranyl–sulphate complexes are the predominant U(VI) species present in acid solutions resulting either from underground uranium ore leaching or from the remediation of leaching sites. Thus, the study of U(VI) speciation in these solutions is of practical significance. The spectra of UO₂(NO₃)₂ + Na₂SO₄ solutions of different Φ _S = [SO₄²⁻]/[U(VI)] ratio at pH = 2 were recorded for this purpose. As the presence of uranyl-nitrate complexes should be expected under these experimental conditions, the spectra of UO₂(NO₃)₂ + NaNO₃ solutions with different Φ _N = [NO₃⁻]/[U(VI)] ratio at pH = 2 were also measured. The effects of Φ _S and Φ _N ratios value were most pronounced in wavelength interval 380–500 nm. Therefore, these parts of experimental overall spectra were used for deconvolution into the spectra of individual species by the method proposed. It enabled to calculate stability constants of anticipated species at zero ionic strength. The Specific Ion Interaction Theory (SIT) was used for this purpose. Stability constants of UO₂SO₄, UO₂(SO₄)₂²⁻, UO₂NO₃ ⁺ and UO₂(NO₃)₂ coincided well with published data, but those for UO₂(SO₄)₃⁴⁻ and UO₂(NO₃)₃⁻ were significantly lower.