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J Colloid Interface Sci. 2004 Aug 01;276(1):118-24. doi: 10.1016/j.jcis.2004.03.014.

Uptake of trivalent actinides (curium(III)) by hardened cement paste: a time-resolved laser fluorescence spectroscopy study.

Journal of colloid and interface science

Thorsten Stumpf, Jan Tits, Clemens Walther, Erich Wieland, Thomas Fanghänel

Affiliations

  1. Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Institut für Nukleare Entsorgung, P.O. Box 3640, D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany. [email protected]

PMID: 15219438 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2004.03.014

Abstract

The curium(III) interaction with cement was investigated using time-resolved laser fluorescence spectroscopy at trace concentrations. Four different Cm(III) species were identified: a nonfluorescing species which corresponds to curium hydroxide real colloids, which were characterized in detail by laser-induced breakdown detection (LIBD), a fluorescing Cm(III)/portlandite sorption species, and two fluorescing Cm(III)/calcium silicate hydrate (CSH) species. From the fluorescence emission lifetimes it is predicted that the two fluorescing Cm(III)/CSH species have one to two and no water molecules, respectively, left in their first coordination sphere, suggesting that these species are incorporated into the CSH structure.

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