Abstract. M r= 645.4, orthorhombic, Pbca, a = 18.820(4), b= 10.89 (3), c= 13.925 (3) A, V= 2853.9 A 3, Z = 16, D x = 6.00 gcm -3, 2(Ag Ka) = 0.5608 A, ~ = 6.76 cm -1, F(000) = 4640, room temperature. R = 0.048 for 2028 independent reflexions. This structure may be described as the c.c.p, silvermetal structure in which some silver atoms are replaced by V20 7 groups and others are shifted. This is supported by the Ag-Ag distances in their distorted hexagonal network: 2.989 < d (:k) < 3.206.
This study was designed to compare the translocation from lung of the Pu contained in the pure and mixed industrial oxides PuO2 and (U,Pu)O2. The latter had a Pu content of 20% w/w. For this purpose, young adult male rats and male and female baboons were exposed to a single inhalation of these oxides. Two baboons were exposed to the reference PuO2, i.e. 239PuO2. Rats were killed under anaesthesia 1, 15, 30, 90 and 180 days after exposure, and baboons, also under anaesthesia, 1 year thereafter. The results indicate that lung retention of Pu was independent of the oxide inhaled, but was smaller in rat (12-15% of the initial pulmonary burden, 6 months after exposure) than in baboon (56-80% of this burden, 1 year after exposure). In rat, Pu translocation kinetics were similar for the two industrial oxides, but as from day 15 after inhalation until 6 months thereafter, measurement of Pu deposits in the liver and skeleton showed that translocation of Pu from the mixed oxide was 2-3 times greater than that from the industrial Pu oxide. In baboon, the largest amounts of Pu were retained in the lung and thoracic lymph nodes for the three oxides inhaled. Pu translocation to the liver, skeleton and kidneys, and also urinary Pu excretion, were greater after inhalation of the mixed oxide than after inhalation of the industrial and reference Pu oxides. Nevertheless, the amount of mixed oxide Pu translocated to these sites and excreted in urine remained under 3% of the initial pulmonary burden.
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