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Thermochromatographic Studies of Plutonium 0xides
Trace amounts of oxidic plutonium species were studied by thermochromatography in silica glass columns in
comparison to oxidic species of Th, Pa, U, Np, and Am. Humid oxygen was used as reactive admixture to the carrier gas
helium. The thermochromatographic behavior of plutonium provides evidence for the oxidation of Pu(IV) to Pu(VI) with
humid oxygen.JRC.E-Institute for Transuranium Elements (Karlsruhe