Physical Inorganic Chemistry
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ChemInform Abstract: Reaction of Plutonium Dioxide with Water: Formation and Properties of PuO2+x.
First published: 08 June 2010
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PuO2+x, a high composition (x ≤ 0.27) phase containing Pu(VI), is the stable binary oxide in air. It is formed by reaction of PuO2 with adsorbed water at 25 °C to 350 °C via a catalytic cycle. Slow kinetics and a low lattice parameter—composition dependence for fluorite-related PuO2+x are established.
