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Charge balance vs. charge conservation for plutonium

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A recent paper about plutonium disproportionation confuses charge balance with charge conservation. To explain disproportionation, impossible solutions in which the charges do not balance were proposed.

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  1. EG & G Mound Applied Technologies, P. O. Box 3000, 45343-3000, Miamisburg, Ohio, USA

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Mound is operated for the U. S. Department of Energy by EG & G Mound Applied Technologies Incorporated under Contract NO. DE-AC04-88DP43495.

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Silver, G.L. Charge balance vs. charge conservation for plutonium. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry Letters 154, 133–137 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02162671

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