Abstract
The chemistry of uranyl chloride in acidic room temperature molten salt (RTMS) systems has been studied by electrochemistry and by UV-Vis absorption spectroscopy. Over the course of several hours the uranium (VI) uranyl species (UC22+) is transformed into a uranium (V) chloride. A mechanism for this process based on an initial acid-base reaction between the Lewis acidic Al2Cl7− and the Lewis basic uranyl oxygens, followed by reduction of the free U (VI) to U (V) by the solvent is proposed. Initial results indicating a photosensitivity of the uranyl species in both basic and acidic EMIC/AlCl3 melts are also presented.
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