Behavior of heptavalent technetium in sulfuric acid under α-irradiation: Structural determination of technetium sulfate complexes by X-ray absorption spectroscopy and first principles calculations

  • I. Denden
  • , F. Poineau
  • , M. L. Schlegel
  • , J. Roques
  • , P. Lorenzo Solari
  • , G. Blain
  • , K. R. Czerwinski
  • , R. Essehli
  • , J. Barbet
  • , M. Fattahi

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Abstract

The effect of α-radiolysis on the behavior of heptavalent technetium has been investigated in 13 and 18 M H2SO4. Irradiation experiments were performed using α-particles (4He2+, E = 68 MeV) generated by the ARRONAX cyclotron. UV-visible and X-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopic studies indicate that Tc(VII) is reduced to Tc(V) under α-irradiation. Extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) spectroscopy measurements are consistent with the presence of mononuclear technetium sulfate complexes. Experimental results and density functional calculations show the formation of [TcO(HSO4)3(H 2O)(OH)]- and/or [TcO(HSO4)3(H 2O)2] and [Tc(HSO4)3(SO 4)(H2O)] and/or [Tc(HSO4)3(SO 4)(OH)]- for 13 and 18 M H2SO4, respectively.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1568-1575
Number of pages8
JournalJournal of Physical Chemistry A
Volume118
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 6 2014
Externally publishedYes

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