The Phase Transport and Reactions of γ-Irradiated Aqueous-Ionic Liquids

Abstract

The capability of dissolving a wide range of substrate molecules and the resistance to radiation fields make ionic liquids (ILs) promising media for nuclear fuel reprocessing. If ILs are used in this reprocessing, the stability of the ionic liquid and the phase which it is in contact with in a radiation field is of utmost concern. Biphasic-reactions and transport processes can alter the radiation stability of the IL. ILs, in contact with an aqueous or gas phase, are irradiated in a 60Co g-irradiation cell and studied using the AC impedance method, Raman spectroscopy, and GC/MSD methods to study the gas and aqueous speciation occurring in radiated samples.