Benjamin Warner
Actinide, Catalysis and Separations
Mail Stop J514
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Los Alamos, NM 87545
(505) 665-6962
warner@lanl.gov
LAUR 03-0918
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Actinide Chemistry
Removing organo-plutonium NMR samples |
Actinide chemistry is
unlike any other chemistry. For one thing, handling transuranic-containing
compounds is operationally difficult.
The picture (right) shows Ann Schake and Lonny Morgan undertaking
a "routine" NMR procedure. For another, the oxidation
states, geometries, and sizes of actinides mean that it is difficult
to firmly transfer
lessons from transition metals to actinides. My Inorganic Chemistry
Gordon Conference presentation on Plutonium Catalysis is linked
below. The actinide catalysis project was carried out principally
by Ben
Warner, Ann Schake, and Lonny Morgan, with
valuable help from many more people
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