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ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA
Volume 54, Issue 3, Pages 1083-1088Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2008.08.034
Keywords
Palladium; Fission product; High-level liquid waste; Electrodeposition; Voltammetry
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The electrochemical behavior of palladium (II) in nitric acid medium has been studied at platinum and stainless steel electrodes by cyclic voltammetry. The cyclic voltammogram consisted of a surge in cathodic current occurring at platinum electrode at a potential of -0.1 V (vs. Pd), which culminates in a peak at -0.3 V was due to the reduction of Pd(II) to Pd. This was accompanied by a broad scant anodic peak (I-p(a)) at 0.25 V during scan reversal. Reduction of Pd(II) was irreversible and the diffusion coefficient was found to be 2.35 x 10(-8) cm(2)/s at 298 K. At stainless steel electrode, a surge in the cathodic current occurring at -0.4V (vs. Pd) was due to palladium deposition, which was immediately followed by a steep increase in cathodic current at -0.66 V due to H+ reduction. Electrolysis of palladium nitrate from 1 M to 4 M nitric acid medium at stainless steel electrode resulted in complete recovery of palladium with reasonably high Faradaic efficiency depending upon nitric acid concentration. However, the recovery and Faradaic efficiency were significantly lowered (to 40%) in the case of electrolysis from simulated high-level liquid waste due to other interfering competitive reactions. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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