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Conrad JK, Mezyk SP, Isherwood LH, Baidak A, Pilgrim CD, Whittaker D, Orr RM, Pimblott SM, Horne GP. Gamma Radiation-Induced Degradation of Acetohydroxamic Acid (AHA) in Aqueous Nitrate and Nitric Acid Solutions Evaluated by Multiscale Modelling. Chemphyschem 2023; 24:e202200749. [PMID: 36470592 DOI: 10.1002/cphc.202200749] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2022] [Revised: 11/11/2022] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
Abstract
Acetohydroxamic acid (AHA) has been proposed for inclusion in advanced, single-cycle, used nuclear fuel reprocessing solvent systems for the reduction and complexation of plutonium and neptunium ions. For this application, a detailed description of the fundamental degradation of AHA in dilute aqueous nitric acid is required. To this end, we present a comprehensive, multiscale computer model for the coupled radiolytic and hydrolytic degradation of AHA in aqueous sodium nitrate and nitric acid solutions. Rate coefficients for the reactions of AHA and hydroxylamine (HA) with the oxidizing nitrate radical were measured for the first time using electron pulse radiolysis and used as inputs for the kinetic model. The computer model results are validated by comparison to experimental data from steady-state gamma ray irradiations, for which the agreement is excellent. The presented model accurately predicts the yields of the major degradation products of AHA: acetic acid, HA, nitrous oxide, and molecular hydrogen.
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Affiliation(s)
- Jacy K Conrad
- Center for Radiation Chemistry Research, Idaho National Laboratory, 1955 N. Fremont Ave., 83415, Idaho Falls, ID, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, California State University Long Beach, 1250 Bellflower Blvd, 90840, Long Beach, CA, USA
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- Dalton Cumbrian Facility, The University of Manchester, West Lakes Science Park, CA24 3HA, Moor Row, U. K.,Department of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, Oxford Rd, M13 9PL, Manchester, U.K
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- Dalton Cumbrian Facility, The University of Manchester, West Lakes Science Park, CA24 3HA, Moor Row, U. K.,Department of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, Oxford Rd, M13 9PL, Manchester, U.K
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- Center for Radiation Chemistry Research, Idaho National Laboratory, 1955 N. Fremont Ave., 83415, Idaho Falls, ID, USA
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- National Nuclear Laboratory, Central Laboratory, Sellafield, Seascale, CA20 1PG, Cumbria, U.K
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- National Nuclear Laboratory, Central Laboratory, Sellafield, Seascale, CA20 1PG, Cumbria, U.K
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- Center for Radiation Chemistry Research, Idaho National Laboratory, 1955 N. Fremont Ave., 83415, Idaho Falls, ID, USA
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- Center for Radiation Chemistry Research, Idaho National Laboratory, 1955 N. Fremont Ave., 83415, Idaho Falls, ID, USA
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Development of a gamma irradiation loop to evaluate the performance of a EURO-GANEX process. NUCLEAR ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.net.2021.11.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Sánchez-García I, Bonales L, Galán H, Perlado J, Cobos J. Radiolytic degradation of sulphonated BTP and acetohydroxamic acid under EURO-GANEX process conditions. Radiat Phys Chem Oxf Engl 1993 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2021.109402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Effect of acetohydroxamic acid on the extraction of plutonium by dilute tri-n-butyl phosphate/n-dodecane in the presence of a high concentration of Al(NO3)3. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s10967-021-07602-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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