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Title: Extraction of Am(III) and Fe(III) by selected dihexyl N,N-dialkylcarbamoylmethyl-phosphonates, -phosphinates and -phospine oxides from nitrate media

Conference · · Sep. Sci. Technol.; (United States)
OSTI ID:5619865

A series of neutral bifunctional extractants related to dihexyl N,N,-diethylcarbamoylmethylphosphonate (DHDECMP) have been prepared and studied for the liquid-liquid extraction of Am(III) and Fe(III) from nitrate solutions. Changes in the steric bulk of the substitutent alkyl chains and in the electronegativity of the groups attached to the phosphoryl center in these compounds have brought about large changes in distribution ratios and selectivities for the extraction of these metals. Comparisons of these extractants to related monofunctional phosphorus-based compounds have revealed that these bifunctional species behave as monodentate, rather than chelating, extractants. The presence of the carbamoyl portion of the extractant molecules is important not for coordination to the metal, but for the ability to buffer the extractant against the effects of HNO/sub 3/. 9 figures, 2 tables.

Research Organization:
Argonne National Lab., IL
DOE Contract Number:
W-31-109-ENG-38
OSTI ID:
5619865
Report Number(s):
CONF-810520-; TRN: 82-006664
Journal Information:
Sep. Sci. Technol.; (United States), Vol. 16:9; Conference: Symposium on separation science and technology for energy applications, Gatlinburg, TN, USA, 5 May 1981
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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