Extraction of alkaline earth and actinide cations by mixtures of Di(2-ethylhexyl)alkylenediphosphonic acids and neutral synergists.
The synergistic extraction of alkaline earth (Ca{sup 2+}, Sr{sup 2+}, Ba{sup 2+} and Ra{sup 2+}) and actinide (Am{sup 3+}, UO{sub 2}{sup 2+} and Th{sup 4+}) cations from aqueous nitric acid solutions by mixtures of P,P'-di(2-ethylhexyl) methylene-(H{sub 2}DEH[MDP]), ethylene-(H{sub 2}DEH[EDP]), and butylene-(H{sub 2}DEH[BuDP]) diphosphonic acids and neutral extractants in o-xylene has been investigated. The cis-syn-cis and cis-anti-cis stereoisomers of dicyclohexano-18-crown-6 (DCH18C6), the unsubstituted 21-crown-7 (21C7) and dicyclohexano-21-crown-7 (DCH21C7) were used as neutral synergists of the crown ether type. For Am(III) synergistic effects were also investigated using neutral organophosphorus esters, such as, tri-n-butylphosphate (TBP), diamyl amylphosphonate (DA[AP]) and tri-n-octylphosphine oxide (TOPO) as co-extractants. In all systems investigated, no synergistic extraction enhancement was observed for actinide ions. For the alkaline earth cations, synergistic effects were only observed when mixtures of H{sub 2}DEH[EDP] or H{sub 2}DEH-[BuDP] with DCH18C6 were used to extract Sr{sup 2+}, Ba{sup 2+} and Ra{sup 2+}. No synergistic effects were observed for the extraction of alkaline earth cations by H{sub 2}DEH[MDP] or for the extraction of Ca{sup 2+} by any of the diphosphonic acids studied. The synergistic effects obtained with DCH18C6 were significantly higher for the cis-syn-cis than for the cis-anti-cis stereoisomer.
- Research Organization:
- Argonne National Laboratory (ANL)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- SC
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-06CH11357
- OSTI ID:
- 949563
- Report Number(s):
- ANL/CHM/JA-42024
- Journal Information:
- Solvent Extr. Ion Exch., Journal Name: Solvent Extr. Ion Exch. Journal Issue: 4-5 ; Sep. 18, 2002 Vol. 20; ISSN 0736-6299; ISSN SEIEDB
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- ENGLISH
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