UTILITY OF CONVENTIONAL ANALYTICAL METHODS IN CHARACTERIZATION OF ORGANO-PLUTONIUM COMPLEXES

The determination of carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, fluorine, chlorine an d sulphur contents for characterization of plutonium complexes with or ganic ligands have been standardized and glove box adopted. Various pl utonium(IV) mono- and di-carboxylates, plutonium(IV) chelates with pyr azolones, UO2++ and PuO2++ complexes having pyrazolones as chelating a gent and sulfoxides, amides and phosphine oxide ligands as oxodonors; uranium carbides and uranium nitrides and several potential organic ex tractants for actinides were analyzed satisfactorily. All these method s set up in double module glove box train are extremely useful for a l ow budget radioactive laboratory engaged in research in solid actinide complexes.