DOI: 10.1039/d6ra05300a ISSN: 2046-2069
Reduction of Np(
v
) to Np(
iv
) using oxalic acid: rethinking decades of nuclear processing conventions
Sara E. Gilson, Connor J. Parker, Kathryn M. Lawson While historical chemical processing knowledge recommends reduction of neptunium to the (
iv
) oxidation state prior to precipitation of Np(
iv
) oxalate, we report the capacity of oxalic acid to reduce and precipitate Np in a single step without additional chemical reductants.