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Title: EVALUATION OF HYDROCARBON DILUENTS FOR THE PUREX PROCESS

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/4840422· OSTI ID:4840422

Forty-nine hydrocarbon products were evaluated in the laboratory in a search for a highly stable diluent for the organic extractant used in a radiochemical separations plant. The formation of zirconium ligands during chemical and radiolytic degradation increased with boiling point for isoparaffinic producte but was approximately constant for n-parafiins. Of those materials that met the local flash point specification, the n-parafiins were superior. (auth)

Research Organization:
Du Pont de Nemours (E.I.) & Co. Savannah River Lab., Aiken, S.C.
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AT(07-2)-1
NSA Number:
NSA-16-018984
OSTI ID:
4840422
Report Number(s):
DP-671
Resource Relation:
Other Information: Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-62
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English