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Title: The Effect of Diluents on Extraction of Actinides and Lanthanides

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OSTI ID:21062464
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  1. Nuclear Chemistry, Chalmers University of Technology, Kemivagen no. 4, Gothenburg, 412 96 (Sweden)

A screening experiment was carried out, where the organic phase consisted of different concentration of 2,6-bis-(5,5,8,8-tetramethyl-5,6,7,8-tetra-hydro-benzo[1,2,4]triazy-3-yl)- [2,2']bipyridinyl or CyMe{sub 4}-BTBP [1],which is the extracting molecule, dissolved in different diluents. The aqueous phase consisted of 0.01 M HNO{sub 3} and was spiked with trace amounts of {sup 241}Am and {sup 152}Eu. The ionic strength was kept constant at 1.0 M using NaNO{sub 3}. Three of the selected diluents used to dissolve CyMe{sub 4}-BTBP were abandoned: n-hexane, TPH and TBB. Another extraction experiment screened out anisole, 1,1,2,2-tetra-chloro-ethane and benzaldehyde. A kinetic experiment was then performed. In three different organic systems, three very different kinetic behaviors were observed. For a proper understanding of the kinetic mechanism, further investigations are needed. (authors)

Research Organization:
Materials Research Society, 506 Keystone Drive, Warrendale, PA, 15086-7573 (United States)
OSTI ID:
21062464
Resource Relation:
Conference: Symposium on Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management, Boston - Massachusetts (United States), 27 Nov - 1 Dec 2006; Other Information: Country of input: France; 11 refs; Related Information: In: Proceedings of the symposium on Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management XXX, by Dunn, Darrell [ed. Southwest Research Inst., San Antonio, Texas (United States)]; Poinssot, Christophe [ed. CEA-Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette cedex (France)]; Begg, Bruce [ed. Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, Lucas Heights, NSW (Australia)], v. 985, 663 pages.
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English