Ithaca College

 Shane S. Galley of Florida University will present Transuranic Non-Aqueous Coordination Complexes for Understanding f-orbital Participation in Bonding

 Tuesday, October 31st 12:10 pm in CNS 333

Pizza and Beverages Provided

 As of 2014, there is an expected 69,000 metric tons of nuclear waste sitting in storage in the U.S. Little efforts have been made to deal with the radiotoxicity of the spent nuclear fuel (SNF). The problem arises from the complex mixture of the SNF and highly radioactive actinides. Due to the high radioactivity of the minor actinides (Pu-Cm), there is a lack of understanding the fundamental chemistry of the actinides. The focus of this work is to prepare coordination complexes that can be used as probes for elucidating changes in the structure and bonding across the actinides series

Most coordination chemistry that has been studied with the actinide series has only utilized ligands stable to oxygen and moisture due to the difficulties of handling the transuranium actinides. The chemistry of non-aqueous Uranium has made great progress, while, the non-aqueous chemistry of the transuranic elements is relatively unexplored and offers a wider platform for exploring methods of deducing electronic structure and information about the actinide-ligand bond. Such information can be very useful for discovering trends in the whole series

Individuals with disabilities requiring accommodations should contact Paula Larsen at plarsen@ithaca.edu or (607) 274-3238. We ask that requests for accommodations be made as soon as possible.