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The sorption of curium onto various phosphate such as Th-4(PO4)(4)P2O7, ZrP
2O7, Zr2O(PO4)(2), and the fluoroapatite Ca-10(PO4)(6)F-2 has been studied.
Laser spectrofluorimetry has been used for monitoring the sorption process
es and characterizing the structure of the surface complexes, taking into a
ccount the speciation of Cm(III) in solution. The formation of surface comp
lexes for thorium and zirconium phosphate and ion exchange for the fluoroap
atite have been demonstrated.