1. Phase Composition, Structure, and Hydrolytic Durability of a Uranium-Containing Magnesium Potassium Phosphate Compound
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K. Yu. Belova, Boris F. Myasoedov, A. A. Rodionova, Sergey E. Vinokurov, and Svetlana A. Kulikova
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inorganic chemicals ,021110 strategic, defence & security studies ,Isotopes of uranium ,Magnesium ,Potassium ,technology, industry, and agriculture ,0211 other engineering and technologies ,chemistry.chemical_element ,Radioactive waste ,02 engineering and technology ,Uranium ,010403 inorganic & nuclear chemistry ,complex mixtures ,01 natural sciences ,0104 chemical sciences ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,chemistry ,Potassium phosphate ,Nitric acid ,Leaching (metallurgy) ,Physical and Theoretical Chemistry ,Nuclear chemistry - Abstract
Uranium-containing samples of magnesium potassium phosphate (MPP) compound were synthesized using a nitric acid uranium solution. Uranium is incorporated in the MPP compound in the form of potassium uranyl phosphate with the structure of metaankoleite natural mineral, K(UO2)PO4·3H2O. The differential and integral uranium leach rates, determined in accordance with GOST (State Standard) R 52 126–2003 on the 28th day of contact of the compound with water, are 1.7 × 10–6 and 2.7 × 10–6 g cm–2 day–1, respectively, and the degree of leaching is 0.014%. High hydrolytic durability of the compound with respect to uranium leaching reduces the risk of release of uranium isotopes from radioactive waste into the environment.
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- 2018
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