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DEVELOPMENT OF ANODIC STRIPPING VOLTAMMETRY FOR THE DETERMINATION OF PALLADIUM IN HIGH LEVEL NUCLEAR WASTE

  • Bhardwaj, T.K. (Department of Nuclear Engineering, North Carolina State University) ;
  • Sharma, H.S. (Fuel Chemistry Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre) ;
  • Jain, P.C. (Department of Chemistry, Meerut College) ;
  • Aggarwal, S.K. (Fuel Chemistry Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre)
  • Received : 2011.11.04
  • Accepted : 2012.02.27
  • Published : 2012.12.25
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Abstract

Deposition potential, deposition time, square wave frequency, rotation speed of the rotating disc electrode, and palladium concentration were studied on a Glassy Carbon Electrode (GCE) in 0.01M HCl for the determination of palladium in High Level Nuclear Waste (HLNW) by anodic stripping voltammetry. Experimental conditions were optimized for the determination of palladium at two different, $10^{-8}$ and $10^{-7}M$, levels. Error and standard deviation of this method were under 1% for all palladium standard solutions. The developed technique was successfully applied as a subsidiary method for the determination of palladium in simulated high level nuclear waste with very good precision and high accuracy (under 1 % error and standard deviation).

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