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Title: Method for forming an extraction agent for the separation of actinides from lanthanides

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1176252

An extraction agent for the separation of trivalent actinides from lanthanides in an acidic media and a method for forming same are described, and wherein the methodology produces a stable regiospecific and/or stereospecific dithiophosphinic acid that can operate in an acidic media having a pH of less than about 7.

Research Organization:
Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC07-05ID14517
Assignee:
Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (Idaho Falls, ID)
Patent Number(s):
7,704,468
Application Number:
11/232,541
OSTI ID:
1176252
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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