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Higher Order Speciation Effects on Plutonium L3 X-ray Absorption Near Edge Spectra by Conradson, Steven D, Abney, Kent D, Begg, Bruce D, Brady, Erik D, Clark, David L, den Auwer, Christophe, Ding, Mei, Dorhout, Peter K, Espinosa-Faller, Francisco J, Gordon, Pamela L, Haire, Richard G, Hess, Nancy J, Hess, Ryan F, Keogh, D. Webster, Lander, Gerard H, Lupinetti, Anthony J, Morales, Luis A, Neu, Mary P, Palmer, Phillip D, Paviet-Hartmann, Patricia, Reilly, Sean D, Runde, Wolfgang H, Tait, C. Drew, Veirs, D. Kirk, Wastin, Franck

“…Pu L3 X-ray near edge absorption spectra for Pu(0−VII) are reported for more than 60 chalcogenides, chlorides, hydrates, hydroxides, nitrates, carbonates,…”
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Surface Effects on Cation Transport across Porous Alumina Membranes by Bluhm, Elizabeth A, Bauer, Eve, Chamberlin, Rebecca M, Abney, Kent D, Young, Jennifer S, Jarvinen, Gordon D

“…Transport behavior of monovalent and divalent solutes across mesoporous Anopore γ-alumina membranes was investigated as a function of pore diameter, pH, ionic…”
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The effects of thermal annealing on commercial Nafion ® membranes by Hensley, Jesse E., Way, J. Douglas, Dec, Steven F., Abney, Kent D.

“…The effect of thermal annealing as a pretreatment procedure for Nafion ® membranes was investigated. Commercial membranes with different thicknesses and ages…”
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Purification of Plutonium Chloride Solutions via Precipitation and Washing by Ann Stroud, Mary, Salazar, Richard R., Abney, Kent D., Bluhm, Elizabeth A., Danis, Janet A.

“…Pyrochemical operations at Los Alamos Plutonium Facility use high temperature melts of calcium, sodium, and potassium salts in the plutonium metal purification…”
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Removal of Water from Aqueous Nitric Acid Using Bifunctional Perfluorinated Ionomer Membranes by Hensley, Jesse E, Way, J. Douglas, Reeder, Cole, Abney, Kent D

“…A series of Nafion films with both carboxylic and sulfonic acid functional groups were prepared and tested for water/nitric acid permselectivity. Unlike the…”
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Synthesis and Characterization of AU2Se6 (A = K, Cs) by Chan, Benny C, Hulvey, Zeric, Abney, Kent D, Dorhout, Peter K

“…Two new ternary uranium selenides, AU2Se6 (A = K, Cs), were prepared using the reactive flux method. Single crystal X-ray diffraction was performed on single…”
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Synthesis and Structural Characterization of the First Quaternary Plutonium Thiophosphates:  K3Pu(PS4)2 and APuP2S7 (A = K, Rb, Cs) by Hess, Ryan F, Gordon, Pamela L, Tait, C. Drew, Abney, Kent D, Dorhout, Peter K

“…The first quaternary plutonium metal thiophosphates have been synthesized by the reactive flux method and characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction: …”
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Three New Phases in the K/Cu/Th/S System:  KCuThS3, K2Cu2ThS4, and K3Cu3Th2S7 by Selby, Hugh D, Chan, Benny C, Hess, Ryan F, Abney, Kent D, Dorhout, Peter K

“…Synthetic exploration of K/Cu/Th/S quaternary phase space has yielded three new compounds:  KCuThS3 (I), K2Cu2ThS4 (II), and K3Cu3Th2S7 (III). All three phases…”
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Synthesis and Characterization of Six New Quaternary Actinide Thiophosphate Compounds:  Cs8U5(P3S10)2(PS4)6 , K10Th3(P2S7)4(PS4)2, and A5An(PS4)3, (A = K, Rb, Cs; An = U, Th) by Hess, Ryan F, Abney, Kent D, Burris, Jennifer L, Hochheimer, H. Dieter, Dorhout, Peter K

“…Six new actinide metal thiophosphates have been synthesized by the reactive flux method and characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction: …”
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Synthesis and Structural Characterization of Quaternary Thorium Selenophosphates:  A2ThP3Se9 (A = K, Rb) and Cs4Th2P5Se17 by Briggs Piccoli, Paula M, Abney, Kent D, Schoonover, Jon R, Dorhout, Peter K

“…Single crystals of A2ThP3Se9 (A = K (I), Rb (II)) and Cs4Th2PsSe17 (III) form from the reaction of Th and P in a molten A2Se3/Se (A = K, Rb, Cs) flux at 750 °C…”
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Surface Effects on Metal Ion Transport across Porous Alumina Membranes. 2. Trivalent Cations:  Am, Tb, Eu, and Fe by Bluhm, Elizabeth A, Schroeder, Norman C, Bauer, Eve, Fife, Jessica N, Chamberlin, Rebecca M, Abney, Kent D, Young, Jennifer S, Jarvinen, Gordon D

“…Transport behavior of trivalent solutes across mesoporous Anopore γ-alumina membranes was investigated as a function of pore diameter, pH, ionic strength, and…”
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Low-Temperature Synthesis of Uranium Tetraboride by Solid-State Metathesis Reactions by Lupinetti, Anthony J, Fife, Julie L, Garcia, Eduardo, Dorhout, Peter K, Abney, Kent D

“…A novel synthesis of uranium tetraboride (UB4) by solid-state metathesis reaction is demonstrated. This approach significantly lowers the temperature required…”
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Butyllithium Deprotonation vs Alkali Metal Reduction of Cobalt Dicarbollide:  A New Synthetic Route to C-Substituted Derivatives by Chamberlin, Rebecca Miller, Scott, Brian L, Melo, Miryam M, Abney, Kent D

“…Reduction of Cs[Co(1,2-C2B9H11)2] (Cs[I]) with 1 equiv of Na(Hg) amalgam or Cs metal forms the cobalt(II) dianion, [Co(1,2-C2B9H11)2]2- (II), which reverts to…”
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Synthesis, Structure, and Properties of Cs4Th4P4Se26:  A Quaternary Thorium Selenophosphate Containing the (P2Se9)6- Anion by Briggs Piccoli, Paula M, Abney, Kent D, Schoonover, Jon D, Dorhout, Peter K

“…Orange crystals of Cs4Th4P4Se26 were grown from the reaction of 232Th and P in a Cs2Se3/Se molten salt flux at 750 °C. Cs4Th4P4Se26 crystallizes in the…”
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New synthetic routes to B-halogenated derivatives of cobalt dicarbollide by Hurlburt, Paul K, Miller, Rebecca L, Abney, Kent D, Foreman, Trudi M, Butcher, Raymond J, Kinkhead, Scott A

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Metal corrosion studies with the fluorosulphonic acid–antimony pentafluoride superacid system by Eller, P.Gary, Kissane, Richard J., Abney, Kent D., Avens, Larry R., Kinkead, Scott A., Hanrahan, Robert J.

“…Because of their rapid dissolution of many actinide metals and refractory oxides, superacids such as HSO 3F/SbF 5 have potential applications in actinide…”
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Synthesis of [Li(THF)4]2[Th(η5-C2B9H11)2X2] (X = Cl, Br, I):  The First Dicarbollide Complexes of Thorium by Rabinovich, Daniel, Chamberlin, Rebecca M, Scott, Brian L, Nielsen, Jon B, Abney, Kent D

“…The first thorium complexes incorporating dicarbollide ligands, [Li(THF)4]2[Th(η5-C2B9H11)2X2] (X = Cl, Br, I) and [Li(THF)4][Th(η5-C2B9H11)Br3(THF)], have…”
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Plutonium Oxide Polishing for MOX Fuel Production by Bluhm, Elizabeth A., Abney, Kent D., Balkey, Simon, Brock, Jason C., Coriz, Fawn, Dyke, James T., Garcia, Daniel J., Griego, Brenda J., Martinez, Benjie T., Martinez, David, Martinez, Joe Ray, Martinez, Yvonne A., Morgan, Lonny, Roybal, Judy D., Valdez, Jose A., Ramsey, Kevin B., Bluhm, Brian K., Martinez, Carl D., Valdez, Manuelita M.

“…Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) has been tasked to produce 120 kg of plutonium as highly purified PuO 2 for the European Mixed Oxide (MOX) Lead Test…”
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Aqueous Ion Transport Studies in Stainless Steel Membranes by Ames, Richard L, Bluhm, Elizabeth A, Bunge, Annette L, Abney, Kent D, Way, J. Douglas, Schreiber, Stephen B

“…Aqueous ion transport through unmodified, acid/base resistant, stainless steel membrane material was investigated to determine the feasibility of using the…”
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Synthesis, Structure, and Reactivity of 1,2-(1‘,1‘,2‘,2‘-Tetramethyldisilane-1‘,2‘)carborane by de Rege, Francis M, Kassebaum, Jeremy D, Scott, Brian L, Abney, Kent D, Balaich, Gary J

“…The novel strained compound 1,2-(1‘,1‘,2‘,2‘-tetramethyldisilane-1‘,2‘)carborane (1) was synthesized by the reaction of 1,2-dilithiocarborane and…”
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