Radiochemical Separations of Indium

Journal Article · Thu Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1959 · Analytical Chemistry

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/ac60145a008· OSTI ID:4283512

Sunderman, D. N.; Ackermann, I. B.; Meinke, W. W.

The radiochemical separation of indium by sulfide precipitation, solvent extraction of the bromide with diethyl ether, extraction with thenoyl trifluoroacetone and anion exchange in hydrochloric acid solution has been critically evaluated. Comparison of the efficiency of separation from 15 representative radioactive tracers showed that the sulfide precipitation lacked specificity as a decontamination step. Its primary utility is for the final preparation of counting plates or as a step preliminary to the determination of carrier yield by hydrous oxide precipitation. Ether extraction of the bromide gave decontamination factors as high as lO/sup 4/ for many dissimilar elements when conditions were well standardized. Thenoyltrifluoroacetone extractions gave decontaminations of 100 to 1000 for most elements. The anion exchange technique, when operated far from equtlibrium with a short column, gave decontamination factors of about 10/sup 3/ for many elements with a procedure that requires 1 hour.

• Research Organization: Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• NSA Number: NSA-13-004467
• OSTI ID: 4283512
• Journal Information: Analytical Chemistry, Journal Name: Analytical Chemistry Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 31; ISSN 0003-2700
• Publisher: American Chemical Society (ACS)
• Country of Publication: Country unknown/Code not available
• Language: English

Related Subjects

38 RADIATION CHEMISTRY, RADIOCHEMISTRY, AND NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY
ACETONE
ANIONS
COUNTERS
DECONTAMINATION
EFFICIENCY
ETHERS
ETHYL RADICALS
HYDROCHLORIC ACID
INDIUM BROMIDES
INDIUM COMPOUNDS
INDIUM OXIDES
INDIUM SULFIDES
ION EXCHANGE
ORGANIC FLUORINE COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC SULFUR COMPOUNDS
PLATES
PRECIPITATION
PREPARATION
QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS
RADIOCHEMISTRY
RADIOISOTOPES
SEPARATION PROCESSES
SOLUTIONS
SOLVENT EXTRACTION
TESTING
TRACER TECHNIQUES
TTA