Electrolytic reduction of Tc(VII) in nitric acid solution using glassy carbon electrode

Hoshi, Harutaka*; Wei, Y.*; Kumagai, Mikio*; Asakura, Toshihide; Morita, Yasuji  

Electroreduction of Tc(VII) in nitric acid solution using grassy carbon electrode was studied. The electroreduction was conducted at a constant potential -300 mV (vs. Ag/AgCl) with a potentiostat. It was found that difference of the Tc concentration in the solutions before and after the electrolysis was negligibly small. This means that there were almost no TcO or Tc deposited on the carbon fiber electrode during the electroreduction. Absorption spectra and distribution coefficients obtained by ion-exchange analysis indicated that Tc(VII) was reduced to Tc(IV).