Abstract:
A multi-phase equilibrium model consisted of multi-metal ion and low molecular mass ligands in human interstitial fluid were constructed to discuss the speciation of UO
22+. Computer simulations indicated that the major UO
22+ species were UO
2(CO
3)
34- and ,UO
2(CO
3)
22- at pH >7.0, and the major species were UO
2HPO
4 and UO
2(H
2PO
4)
2 at pH<6.0 when U was 1.5 μmol/L in H
2OCO
32--PO
43- model, whereas, the major species was solid (UO
2)
3(PO
4)
2 at pH3~6 when U was 0.15 mmol/L. Speciation study showed that UO
22+ existed mainly in the forms of UO
2(CO
3)
34-, ,UO
2(CO
3)
22- and UO
2Cit
24- at pH>7.0 and in the form of UO
2Cit
24- at pH<6.0 when U was 1.5 μmol/L, and the major species was solid (UO
2)
3(PO
4)
2 at pH 3~6 when U was 0.15 mmol/L. The percentage of UO
2(CO
3)
34- increased with the CO
32- while the percentage of ,UO
2(CO
3)
22- and UO
2Cit
24- decreased with higher CO
32- whenever the U was 1.5 μmol/L or 0.15 mmol/L. The UO
22+ was not chelated with NTA despite of its speciation was inflected when NTA was in the interstitial fluid model. The dominant species was UO
2Cit
24- when high concentration NTA in the interstitial fluid model when U was 1.5 μmol/L, and the major species was UO
2(CO
3)
34- when U was 0.15 mmol/L.