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PURIFICATION OF THOREX PROCESS SOLVENT. Final Report for December 1, 1958 to November 1, 1959

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:4193857
The feasibillty of purifying irradiation-degraded Thorex solvent by distillation was proved by these studies. It appears that direct distillation of the TBP-Amsco mixture is beset by too many difficulties to prove technically feasible; however, flash distillation of the mixture into the separate TBP and Amsco components allows the fractional distillation of each component to be performed in a troublefree manner. The fractional distillation of the TBP-Amsco components, after flash distillation, does not differ substantially from the distillation of unwashed TBP-Amsco components. (W.L.H.)
Research Organization:
Georgia Inst. of Tech., Atlanta. Engineering Experiment Station
NSA Number:
NSA-14-012639
OSTI ID:
4193857
Report Number(s):
AECU-4716
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English