Xafs a Technique to Probe Local Structure

By Conradson, Steven D.

Book Id: WPLBN0000128653
Format Type: PDF eBook
File Size: 0.7 MB
Reproduction Date: 2008

Title:	Xafs a Technique to Probe Local Structure
Author:	Conradson, Steven D.
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Language:	English
Subject:	Government publications, Legislation., Government Printing Office (U.S.)
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Excerpt: From the instant of their creation inside a nuclear fuel rod and forever thereafter, plutonium atoms are found in association with other atoms. In a solid, for example, plutonium becomes part of the lattice or matrix that makes up the condensed matter, while in solution, the element typically forms large molecular complexes in which many ligands bond to the central plutonium ion. To a large degree, the number, type, and arrangement of atoms or molecules that surround a plutonium atom determine its behavior. Thus if we are to understand and control plutonium’s behavior in chemical processes, in the natural environment, or in stockpiled nuclear weapons, we need insight into the “local” structure of the atoms that surround it.

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