Evaluation of Eu(III) migration in compacted bentonite

The distribution coefficient of Eu(III) derived from batch experiments is used to predict the migration of Eu(III) in compacted bentonite with time. The effect of the dispersion coefficient and the pore water velocity on the migration of Eu(III) are also taken into account. It was found that the dispersion coefficient does not influence the migration, while the variation of the distribution coefficient and the water velocity affected the behavior of Eu(III) in compacted bentonite. Most of the europium is retained in the first several meters. So, 30 m of backfill bentonite may be sufficient to prevent the release of Eu(III) to the environment. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Adsorption kinetics of Eu(III) and Am(III) onto bentonite: analysis and application of the liquid membrane tidal diffusion model

Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry - A new liquid membrane tidal diffusion model (LMTD) was applied based on three assumptions to analyze the kinetics of Eu(III) adsorption on...     

Adsorptive removal of Eu(III) from simulated groundwater by GMZ bentonite on the repository conditions

Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry - This study investigated the adsorption of Eu(III) from simulated Beishan groundwater onto Gaomiaozi bentontie. The effects of shaking time,...     

Diffusion of 137Cs in compacted bentonite: Effect of pH and concentration

The effect of pH and concentration on the diffusion of ¹³⁷Cs in the compacted bentonite is studied with capillary method at the ionic strength of 0.1M NaClO₄. The apparent diffusion coefficient increases with increasing concentrations if the sorption of radionuclides is largely dependent on the radionuclide concentrations. The apparent diffusion coefficient decreases with increasing pH because most of the radionuclide sorption on the bentonite increases with increasing pH. The interlaminary space contributes significantly to the radionuclide diffusion and sorption in compacted bentonite. The relationship of the apparent diffusion coefficient and the effective diffusion coefficient of ¹³⁷Cs is also discussed.     

Polarographic study of Eu(III)-succinate-ethylenediamine and Eu(III)-malonate-ethylenediamine mixed systems

The mixed complexes of Eu(III) with succinate (succ^2?) and malonate (mal^2?) and ethylenediamine (en) have been studied polarographically at 25°C and at constant ionic strength, μ = 0.1 (NaNO₃) and pH 6. The reduction of the complexes in each case is quasi-reversible and diffusion-controlled. In each system three mixed complexes are formed, viz. [Eu(succ)(en)]⁺, [Eu(succ)(en)2]⁺ and [Eu(succ)₂(en)]^? with stability constants log β₁₁ = 9.2, log β₁₂ = 17.5 and log β₂₁ = 11.7; and [Eu(mal)(en)]⁺, [Eu(mal)₂(en)₂]^? and [Eu(mal)₃(en)]^3? with stability constants log β₁₁ = 11.4, log β₂₂ = 19.08 and log β₃₁ = 13.5 respectively.     

Luminescense properties of new complexes of Eu(III) and Tb(III) with heterotopic ligands

As a result of coordination between ligands L and L' and europium(III) and terbium(III) ions, the new architectures were formed. The formulae of the complexes have been assigned on the basis of the spectroscopic data in solution and microanalyses. The europium complexes show excellent luminescence properties with high quantum yield (1b-Eu(3)L(2)) and effective intramolecular energy transfer from the ligand to the Eu(III) ions.     

Adsorption characteristics of Eu(III) on colloidal bentonite particles in aqueous solution: impact of colloid concentration,pH, foreign ions,and temperature

Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry - The adsorption characteristics of Eu(III) on colloidal bentonite particles were investigated by batch experiments as functions of colloid...     

Luminescent Eu(III) and Gd(III) trisbipyridine cryptates: experimental and theoretical study of the substituent effects.

Synthesis, absorption spectra and luminescebce properties of a series of lanthanide trisbipyridine cryptates Ln within R-Bpy x R-Bpy x R-Bpy, where Ln = Eu, Gd and R = H, COOH, COOCH3, CONH(CH2)2NH2 are described. Comparison of the unsubstituted parent compound with the substituted compounds shows that bipyridine substitution doesn't alter significantly the photophysical properties of the lanthanide cryptate. The absorption maximum is slightly red-shifted when three bipyridines are substituted, whereas substituting one bipyridines has a negligible effect on the absorption spectra. The experimental triplet state energy is between 21600 and 22 100 cm(-1) for the series of compounds and the luminescence lifetimes at 77 K are between 0.5 and 0.8 ms in HO2 and equal to 1.7 ms in D2O. The experimental characterizations are completed by DFT and TD-DFT calculations to assess the ability of these approaches to predict absorption maxima, triplet state energies and structural parameters of lanthanide cryptates and to characterize the electronic structure of the excited states. The calculations on the unsubstituted parent and substituted compounds show that absorption maxima and lowest 3pipi* triplet state energies can be accurately determined from density functional theory (DFT) and time-dependent (TD) DFT calculations.     

Diffusion of Re(VII), Se(IV) and Cr(VI) in compacted GMZ bentonite

Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry - The diffusion of Re(VII), Se(IV) and Cr(VI) in compacted Gaomiaozi bentonite was conducted by an integrated diffusion setup. The effective...     

Sorption and diffusion of 90Sr2+in compacted bentonite investigated by a capillary method

Summary The effects of bentonite density and fulvic acid on the sorption and diffusion of ⁹⁰Sr²⁺in compacted bentonite were investigated by using a capillary method. The experiments were carried out at pH 7.0±0.1 in the presence of 0.01M NaClO₄. The results suggest that the sorption and diffusion of ⁹⁰Sr²⁺in compacted bentonite decreases with increasing the density of compacted bentonite. The presence of FA enhances the sorption of Sr²⁺, but reduces the diffusion of Sr²⁺in compacted bentonite. The porosity of the compacted bentonite plays an important role in the sorption and diffusion behavior of ⁹⁰Sr²⁺. Using the calculated effective diffusion coefficients the long-term relative concentration distribution of strontium was evaluated in compacted bentonite.     

Columinescence effect in macromolecular complexes of Eu(III) and Tb(III)

The effect of Y(III) and Gd(III) coactivator ions on the intensity of Eu(III) and Tb(III) luminescence in monomer and polymer mixed-metal complexes was studied. Isomorphic replacement of Eu(III) and Tb(III) ions by Y(III) and Gd(III) ions in macromolecular complexes led to sensitization of Eu(III) and Tb(III) ion luminescence. A mechanism of columinescence was suggested. It involves a charge transfer and the ligand orbitals and the vacant orbitals of Eu(III) and Tb(III) ions and coactivators.     

Probing the binding of Tb(III) and Eu(III) to the hammerhead ribozyme using luminescence spectroscopy

BACKGROUND: Divalent metal ions serve as structural as well as catalytic cofactors in the hammerhead ribozyme reaction. The natural cofactor in these reactions is Mg(II), but its spectroscopic silence makes it difficult to study. We previously showed that a single Tb(III) ion inhibits the hammerhead ribozyme by site-specific competition for a Mg(II) ion and therefore can be used as a spectroscopic probe for the Mg(II) it replaces. RESULTS: Lanthanide luminescence spectroscopy was used to study the coordination environment around Tb(III) and Eu(III) ions bound to the structurally well-characterized site on the hammerhead ribozyme. Sensitized emission and direct excitation experiments show that a single lanthanide ion binds to the ribozyme under these conditions and that three waters of hydration are displaced from the Tb(III) upon binding the RNA. Furthermore, we show that these techniques allow the comparison of binding affinities for a series of ions to this site. The binding affinities for ions at the G5 site correlates linearly with the function Z(2)/r of the aqua ion (where Z is the charge and r is the radius of the ion). CONCLUSIONS: This study compares the crystallographic nature of the G5 metal-binding site with solution measurements and gives a clearer picture of the coordination environment of this ion. These results provide one of the best characterized metal-binding sites from a ribozyme, so we use this information to compare the RNA site with that of typical metalloproteins.     

Sorption of Eu(III) on GMZ bentonite in the absence/presence of humic acid studied by batch and XAFS techniques

Bentonite has been extensively studied because of its strong sorption ability and low permeability. In this work, the Na-bentonite from Gaomiaozi County (China) has been characterized by XRD, FTIR and acid-base titration. The sorption of Eu(III) on Na-bentonite in the absence/presence of humic acid (HA) was studied at T = 25 ± 2 °C and in 0.01 mol/L NaClO₄ solution. The effects of pH, HA, contact time and initial Eu(III) concentrations were also investigated. The results indicate that the sorption of Eu(III) on Na-bentonite was dependent on pH values. The presence of HA had little effect on Eu(III) sorption at low pH values, but decreased Eu(III) sorption at high pH values. X-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy (XAFS) was applied to characterize the local structural environment of the adsorbed Eu(III) on bare Na-bentonite and HA-bentonite hybrids. The results indicate that Eu(III) was bound to O atoms at a distance of about 2.39 Å at pH 4.15. The results are crucial for the evaluation of the sorption and migration of other trivalent lanthanides and actinides in bentonite as backfill materials.     

Direct-detected 13C NMR to investigate the iron(III) hemophore HasA

Hemophore HasA is a 19 kDa iron(III) hemoprotein that participates in the shuttling of heme to a specific membrane receptor. In HasA, heme iron has an original coordination environment with a His/Tyr pair as axial ligands. Recently developed two-dimensional protonless (13)C-detected experiments provide the sequence-specific assignment of all but three protein residues in the close proximity of the paramagnetic center, thus overcoming limitations due to the short relaxation times induced by the presence of the iron(III) center. Mono-dimensional (13)C and (15)N experiments tailored for the detection of paramagnetic signals allow the identification of resonances of the axial ligands. These experiments are used to characterize the conformational features and the electronic structure of the heme iron(III) environment. The good complementarity among (1)H-, (13)C-, and (15)N-detected experiments is highlighted. A thermal high-spin/low-spin equilibrium is observed and is related to a modulation of the strength of the coordination bond between the iron and the Tyr74 axial ligand. The key role of a neighboring residue, His82, for the stability of the axial coordination and its involvement in the heme delivery to the receptor is discussed.     

Tremendous impact of substituent group on the extraction and selectivity to Am(III) over Eu(III) by diaryldithiophosphinic acids: experimental and DFT analysis

Comparative extraction of Am³⁺ over Eu³⁺ from nitric acid media by three dithiophosphinic acids (L) bearing different substituent aryl groups was studied. Within the experimental pH range, the distribution ratio of Am³⁺ and Eu³⁺ increases with the increase of pH due to deprotonation of the acidic extractant. Both the extraction and separation ability toward Am³⁺/Eu³⁺ by these extractants were affected drastically by the substituent aryl groups. The bis-phenyl substituted extractant shows almost no ability to extract and separate Am³⁺ from Eu³⁺, while bis(ortho-trifluoromethylphenyl) dithiophosphinic acid has the optimum extraction and separation capabilities. To help reveal the complexation and extraction behavior, the structure and bonding characters of neutral ML₃ (M?=?Am or Eu) complexes as well as the biphasic extraction reaction were studied by density functional theory (DFT). The conduct-like screening model implicit solvation model was used to simulate the extraction reaction in the aqueous-toluene biphasic system. The calculated sequence of the Gibbs free energy difference of extraction (ΔΔG ^Am/Eu_ext ) is consistent with the experimental results.

     

Diffusion of Re(VII) and Se (IV) in compacted GMZ bentonite in the presence of Bacillus spp.

Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry - The effect of Bacillus spp. on Re(VII) and Se(IV) diffusion in compacted GMZ bentonite was investigated by a through-diffusion method. Bacillus...     

Quantum efficiency of the luminescence of Eu(III), Tb(III) and Dy(III) in aqueous solutions

Summary The luminescence quantum efficiency of Eu(III), Tb(III) and Dy(III) in chloride solutions as well as complexed by aminopolyacetic acids was determined. An interpretation of the observed dependences in the system investigated has been proposed.

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Die Lumineszenz-Quantenausbeute von Eu(III), Tb(III) und Dy(III) in wäßrigen Lösungen

Zusammenfassung Die Lumineszenz-Quantenausbeute von Eu(III), Tb(III) und Dy(III) in Chloridlösung und in Komplexen mit Aminopolyessigsäuren wurde bestimmt. Eine Interpretation der beobachteten Abhängigkeiten im untersuchten System wurde vorgeschlagen.

     

稀土配合物研究 II: 1,6-双(1'-苯基-3'-甲基-5'-氧代吡唑-4'-基)-1,6-己二酮与钐(III)、铕(III)、铽(III)、镝(III)固体配合物的合成及性质研究

本文合成了1,6-双(1'-苯基-3'-甲基-5'-氧代吡唑-4'-基)-1,6-己二酮与Sm(III),Eu(III), Tb(III), Dy(III)的固体配合物, 并对他们的某些性质进行了研究.     

A comparative study of the complexation of Am(III) and Eu(III) with TODGA in room temperature ionic liquid

On the growing awareness of the environmental impact associated with the use of volatile organic diluents, room temperature ionic liquid gained world-wild acceptance as environmentally benign diluents for actinide partitioning. The observed unusual behavior of less extraction efficiency of Eu with TODGA in RTIL in comparison with that of Am-TODGA was addressed in this paper. The stoichiometry of Am-TODGA complex was found to be 1:2 while that of Eu-TODGA was 1:1. More the ligand molecules associated in the metal ligand complex, the organophilicity of the complex will be more and the solubility of the metal–ligand complex in RTIL will be more which reflects in the higher distribution ratio for Am. In RTIL both Am and Eu showed slower kinetics of extraction with TODGA which can be attributed to the high viscosity coefficient of RTIL compared to the molecular diluents. The observed slower kinetics of extraction was quantified and found to follow first order kinetics with the rate constant of 5.5 × 10^?4 s^?1. The formation constant of Am-TODGA complex was found to be more (4.18 × 10⁸ M^?1) than Eu-TODGA complex (3.31 × 10⁸ M^?1) in RTIL. The parameters viz. diffusion coefficient, activation energy for Eu(III)/Eu(II) were determined and found to be 3.08 × 10^?8/cm² s^?1 (at 303 K) and 39.34 kJ mol^?1 respectively. The thermodynamic parameters ΔG, ΔH and ΔS for the reaction were evaluated using the linear regression of the plot of E ^0* versus T. The redox reaction was found to be exothermic with decrease in entropy value.