Abstract
The facilitated ion transfer (FIT) of uranyl or dioxouranium (UO(2)(2+)) was studied electrochemically using a micro interface between two immiscible electrolytic solutions (micro-ITIES) in order to evaluate the complexation stoichiometry and complexation constants (β) of two widely used ligands in spent fuel reprocessing: tributylphosphate (TBP) and octyl(phenyl)-N,N-diisobutylcarbamoylmethyl-phosphine oxide (CMPO). For the first time, discrete interfacial complexation reaction steps of varying uranyl to the two ligands ratios were resolved using the micro-ITIES hosted at the tip of a 25 μm diameter glass capillary. Two stoichiometries for UO(2)NO(3)TBP(n)(+) were determined including n = 3 and 4 with β values of 3.2 × 10(11) and 3.9 × 10(13), respectively. Subsequently, three distinct complexation reactions of CMPO with UO(2)(2+) were discovered corresponding to UO(2)NO(3)CMPO(2)(+), UO(2)NO(3)CMPO(3)(+), and UO(2)CMPO(5)(2+) whose respective complexation constants were determined to be 8.0 × 10(11), 8.8 × 10(14), and 6.5 × 10(32). The participation of nitrate anions in these complexation reactions is also discussed.
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