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URANIUM PARTITION BETWEEN TRI-n-BUTYL PHOSPHATE AND AQUEOUS URANYL NITRATE SOLUTIONS. LABORATORY INVESTIGATION

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:4179952

Various reagents were added to an aqueous uranyi nitrate solution to learn their effect upon uranium partition into tri-n-butyl phosphate (TBP) from an aqueous solution. Results showed that uranium partition from an aqueous solution into TBP was aided to a greater extent by adding increasing amounts of nitrate salts to a minimum quantity of nitric acid than by adding increasing amounts of nitric acid alone. The presence of anions (e.g., sulfate) which complex the uranyl ion in aqueous solution has a detrimental effect on uranium partition from aqueous solution into TBP, necessitating a higher concentration of hydrogen ion than in the absence of such anions. (auth)

Research Organization:
National Lead Co. of Ohio, Cincinnati
NSA Number:
NSA-14-011644
OSTI ID:
4179952
Report Number(s):
NLCO-801
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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