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Extraction of protactinium-233 and separation from thermal neutron-irradiated thorium-232 using crown ethers

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OSTI ID:21230392
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  1. Chemistry Department, NRC, IAEC, Tuwaitha, Baghdad (Iraq)
A new method was developed for the extraction and separation of {sup 233}Pa from thermal neutron-irradiated {sup 232}Th. Solutions of Pa{sup 233} were prepared in LiCI-HCl solutions from which appreciable extraction was obtained using dibenzo-18-crown-6 in 1,2-dichloroethane. The effects of cavity size, substitutions on the crown ring, type of the organic solvent, and temperature on extraction are discussed. Very high separation factors were obtained for the pairs {sup 233}Pa/{sup 232}Th (>105), {sup 233}Pa/{sup 233}U (> 1000), and {sup 232}U/{sup 232}Th (>60). (authors)
Research Organization:
Chemical Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (United States)
OSTI ID:
21230392
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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