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Sensitive Redox Speciation of Iron, Neptunium, and Plutonium by Capillary Electrophoresis Hyphenated to Inductively Coupled Plasma Sector Field Mass Spectrometry

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The long-term safety assessment for nuclear waste repositories requires a detailed understanding of actinide (geo)chemistry. Advanced analytical tools are required to gain insight into actinide speciation in a given system. The geochemical conditions in the vicinity of a nuclear repository control the redox state of radionuclides which in turn has strong impact on their mobility. Besides the long-lived radionuclides plutonium (Pu) and neptunium (Np), which are key elements in high level nuclear waste, iron (Fe) represents a main component in natural systems controlling redox related geochemical processes. Measuring the oxidation state distribution for redox sensitive radionuclides and other metal ions is challenging at trace concentrations below the detection limit of most available spectroscopic methods (≥10-6 M). Consequently ultrasensitive new analytical techniques are required. Capillary electrophoresis (CE) is a suitable separation method for metal cations. CE hyphenated to inductively coupled plasma sector field mass spectrometry (CE-ICP-SF-MS) was used to measure the redox speciation of Pu (III, IV, V, VI), Np (IV, V, VI) and Fe (II, III) at concentrations lower than 10-7 M. CE coupling and separation parameters such as sample gas pressure, make up flow rate, capillary position, auxiliary gas flow, as well as the electrolyte system were optimized to obtain the maximum sensitivity. We obtain detection limits of 10-12 M for Np and Pu. The various oxidation state species of Pu and Np in different samples were separated by application of an acetate based electrolyte system. The separation of Fe (II) and Fe (III) was investigated using different organic complexing ligands, EDTA and o-phenanthroline. For the Fe redox system, a limit of detection of 10-8 M was calculated. By applying this analytical system to sorption studies we were able to underline previously published results for the sorption behavior of Np in highly diluted concentrations and we monitored the time dependent reduction of Pu(VI) by Fe(II). This study clearly shows that CE-ICP-SF-MS is a suitable separation method for the redox states of Pu, Np and Fe.
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hal-01904326 , version 1 (24-10-2018)

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Carl-Heinrich Graser, Nidhu Lal Banik, Kerstin Anne Bender, Markus Lagos, Christian Michael Marquardt, et al.. Sensitive Redox Speciation of Iron, Neptunium, and Plutonium by Capillary Electrophoresis Hyphenated to Inductively Coupled Plasma Sector Field Mass Spectrometry. Analytical Chemistry, 2015, 87 (19), pp.9786 - 9794. ⟨10.1021/acs.analchem.5b02051⟩. ⟨hal-01904326⟩
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