{"title":"Electrochemical studies of trivalent californium and selected trivalent lanthanides in aqueous solution","authors":"C. Musikas , R.G. Haire, J.R. Peterson","doi":"10.1016/0022-1902(81)80646-X","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>D.c. polarographic and cyclic voltammetric studies have been carried out on aqueous solutions (10<sup>−4</sup>−10<sup>−3</sup> M) of <sup>249</sup>Cf, Sm and Gd. From the present data and the established electrochemical behavior of Sm and Gd, it can be inferred that Cf(III) is reduced in two steps at the mercury-drop electrode, first to Cf(II), followed by the Cf(II) being reduced to Cf(Hg). The potentials for the two electrochemical steps are −1.47 and −1.68V vs NHE, respectively.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":16275,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Inorganic and Nuclear Chemistry","volume":"43 11","pages":"Pages 2935-2940"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1981-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0022-1902(81)80646-X","citationCount":"9","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Inorganic and Nuclear Chemistry","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/002219028180646X","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
D.c. polarographic and cyclic voltammetric studies have been carried out on aqueous solutions (10−4−10−3 M) of 249Cf, Sm and Gd. From the present data and the established electrochemical behavior of Sm and Gd, it can be inferred that Cf(III) is reduced in two steps at the mercury-drop electrode, first to Cf(II), followed by the Cf(II) being reduced to Cf(Hg). The potentials for the two electrochemical steps are −1.47 and −1.68V vs NHE, respectively.