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

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

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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)

Authors:: Collopy, T J; Stock, D A

Publication Date:: 1959-12-10

Research Org.:: National Lead Co. of Ohio, Cincinnati

OSTI Identifier:: 4179952

Report Number(s):: NLCO-801

NSA Number:: NSA-14-011644

DOE Contract Number:: AT(30-1)-1156

Resource Type:: Technical Report

Resource Relation:: Other Information: Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-60

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: CHEMISTRY; ACIDITY; ANIONS; BUTYL PHOSPHATES; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; CHEMICALS; NITRATES; NITRIC ACID; QUANTITY RATIO; SOLUTIONS; SULFATES; URANIUM; URANIUM COMPLEXES; URANYL NITRATES; WATER

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                    Collopy, T J, and Stock, D A. URANIUM PARTITION BETWEEN TRI-n-BUTYL PHOSPHATE AND AQUEOUS URANYL NITRATE SOLUTIONS. LABORATORY INVESTIGATION.  United States: N. p., 1959. 
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                    Collopy, T J, & Stock, D A. URANIUM PARTITION BETWEEN TRI-n-BUTYL PHOSPHATE AND AQUEOUS URANYL NITRATE SOLUTIONS. LABORATORY INVESTIGATION.  United States.

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                    Collopy, T J, and Stock, D A. Thu .  
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  abstractNote = {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)},

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