State of difficultly soluble uranosilicates MIHSiUO6 ? nH2O (M + = Li+, Na+, K+, Rb+, Cs+, NH4+) in saturated aqueous solutions

The solubility of uranosilicates M^IHSiUO₆ nH₂O (M^I = Li⁺, Na⁺, K⁺, Rb⁺, Cs⁺, NH ₄ ⁺ ) in aqueous solutions at 25°C was studied experimentally. The equilibrium constants of reactions that occur at dissolution of uranosilicates in acidic and neutral solutions were calculated. The composition of the equilibrium solutions was studied. The standard Gibbs energies of formation of the compounds were calculated from the solubility data. The behavior of the uranosilicates under various conditions was predicted on the basis of the previously suggested quantitative physicochemical model of the state of the heterogeneous system crystalline uranosilicate-aqueous solution.Translated from Radiokhimiya, Vol. 46, No. 5, 2004, pp. 418–422.Original Russian Text Copyright © 2004 by Chernorukov, Nipruk, Knyazev, Pegeeva.     

Heterogeneous Equilibria in Aqueous Solutions of Uranovanadates Ak(VUO6)k·nH2O (Ak = H,Na, K,Rb, Cs,Tl, Mg,Ca, Sr,Ba, Co,Ni, Cu,Pb)

The state of mineral-like uranovanadates of mono- and bivalent metals in aqueous solutions was studied. Based on experimental solubility data, the reaction equilibria in the crystal uranovanadate-aqueous solution system were described quantitatively, which, in turn, allowed evaluation of the solubility products of uranovanadates and their standard Gibbs energies of formation and prediction of the solubility of these compounds in aqueous solutions of various compositions under the isobaric-isothermal conditions.     

Heterogeneous Equilibria in the System MHSiUO6·nH2O-Aqueous Solution (M = Li,Na, K)

The aqueous solutions of mineral-like compounds MHSiUO₆·nH₂O (M = Li, Na, K) at 298 K were studied. A quantitative model of a crystalline uranosilicate-aqueous solution system was derived from the solubility data and was used to calculate the solubility products and Gibbs formation functions of these compounds. The Gibbs energies of formation of silicic acid and other ionic and molecular Si(IV) species in solution were also calculated. The solubility of uranosilicates in aqueous solutions outside the experimentally studied range was predicted.