THE DETERMINATION OF TRIBUTYL PHOSPHATE IN KEROSENE SOLUTIONS

Technical Report · Mon Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1956

OSTI ID:4311243

Fudge, A J; Hutton, G C

In order to meet the needs of the pilot plant process for the separation of U/sup 233/ from irradiated Th, a rapid method was developed to check the purity of commercial tributyl phosphate and the composition of various mixtures of tributyl phosphate in odorless kerosene. The method takes one and a half hours, and a coefficient of variation of better than 2% has been attained. The tributyl phosphate is hydrolyzed by refluxing with 55% HI, the excess of which is destroyed with HNO/sub 3/. The butyl iodide and the iodine are then removed, and the phosphate in the residue determined colorimetrically as phosphovanadomolybdate. (auth)

• Research Organization: United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority. Research Group. Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Harwell, Berks, England
• NSA Number: NSA-12-005887
• OSTI ID: 4311243
• Report Number(s): AERE-C/R-2384
• Country of Publication: United Kingdom
• Language: English

Related Subjects

BUTYL PHOSPHATES
BUTYL RADICALS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
CHEMISTRY
COLOR
EFFICIENCY
HYDROIODIC ACID
IMPURITIES
IODINE
IRRADIATION
MOLYBDENUM COMPOUNDS
MOLYBDENUM OXIDES
NITRIC ACID
ORGANIC HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
PETROLEUM
PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS
QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS
QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS
QUANTITY RATIO
SEPARATION PROCESSES
SOLUTIONS
THORIUM
URANIUM 233
VANADIUM COMPOUNDS
VANADIUM OXIDES