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Features of gadolinium and ytterbium extraction by tributyl phosphate from concentrated nitric acid solutions. II. IR spectra of lanthanide extracts

Journal Article · · Radiochemistry
OSTI ID:136342
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  1. Khlopin Radium Institute, St. Petersburg (Russian Federation)

Equilibrium organic phases in extraction systems consisting of tributyl phosphate (TBP) (neat or 1.8 M in CCl{sub 4}) and 8-12 M nitric acid containing Gd or Yb or lanthanide-free have been studied by IR spectroscopy. It was shown that under these conditions lanthanides are extracted as complex trisolvates Ln(NO{sub 3})9{sub 3}{center_dot}mHNO{sub 3}{center_dot}3TBP with m = 3-6. Nitric acid molecules are H-bonded to oxygen atoms of coordinated nitrate ions and do not substitute TBP molecules in coordination sphere of the metal ion.

OSTI ID:
136342
Journal Information:
Radiochemistry, Journal Name: Radiochemistry Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 37; ISSN RDIOEO; ISSN 1066-3622
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English