Abstract
ABSTRACTPlatinum nanoparticle colloidal solution with a small amount of impurities was formed from a suspension of hexahydroxy platinic acid (SHHPA) by gamma-ray irradiation to suppress changes in water chemistry such as electrical conductivity and concentration of impurities in the reactor water during noble metal chemical addition in plant operation. The SHHPA was prepared from sodium hexahydroxyplatinate solution by using an H-type cation exchange resin. Optimum conditions for formation of the platinum nanoparticle colloidal solution were the following: absorbed dose of gamma-ray irradiation, >6 kGy; pH of solution, >8.2; air saturation; no methanol addition. Characteristics of the formed platinum nanoparticles were as follows: mean particle size, 2.3 ± 0.5 nm; particle charge, negative; isoelectric point at a pH of 3.5 ± 0.1; the chemical compound consisted mainly of platinum dioxide without platinum metal. No precipitation of platinum nanoparticles was observed after storage time of 1 year without any stirring in a room where the temperature varied from about 10 to about 35 °C.
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