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SOLVENT EXTRACTION STUDIES. PART II. THE SYSTEM NITRIC ACID-WATER-Tri-n- BUTYL PHOSPHATE

Journal Article · · Journal of the Chemical Society (England) Divided into J. Chem. Soc. A, J. Chem. Soc. B, etc.
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1039/jr9580002783· OSTI ID:4303734

The extraction of nitric acid from aqueous solution by tri-n-butyl phosphate has been investigated. From the volume changes it has been shown that up to ~3.8 Macid in the organic phase the extraction is due to the formation of Bu/sub 3/PO/sub 4/,HNO/sub 3/ by addition at the strongly polar P yields O group. When this donor oxygen is saturated, futher addition takes place at the less basic oxygen atom of a P-O-C bond; in this case, the acid is shown to be extracted as H/sub 2/O,HNO/sub 3/. The experimental results are discussed in relation to mass-action equations derived for these two types of equilibrium. (auth)

Research Organization:
Univ. of Manchester, Eng.
NSA Number:
NSA-12-017005
OSTI ID:
4303734
Journal Information:
Journal of the Chemical Society (England) Divided into J. Chem. Soc. A, J. Chem. Soc. B, etc., Journal Name: Journal of the Chemical Society (England) Divided into J. Chem. Soc. A, J. Chem. Soc. B, etc.; ISSN JCSOA
Country of Publication:
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Language:
English

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