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Author(s) |
Bhattacharyya, A.; Mohapatra, P. K.; Gadly, T.; Ghosh, S. K.; Raut, D. R.; Manchanda, V. K. |
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Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, 2011. Vol. 288 (2): pp. 571-577 |
ABSTRACT
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Ethyl-substituted bis-triazinylpyridine (Et-BTP), a nitrogen containing soft-donor extractant, was used in investigations pertaining to the separation ofAm3+ and Eu3+ from dilute nitric acid feed solutions by extraction chromatography using XAD-4 as the inert support, chlorinated dicarbollide as the modifier and 2-nitrophenyloctylether (NPOE) as the diluent. After carrying out a series of experiments, the optimum composition of the extractant mixture for the resin was found out to be 0.1 MEt-BTP and 0.025 M CCDinNPOE. Separation factor values were encouraging to carry out subsequent batch uptake studies at varying nitrate ion concentration which indicated favourable separation behaviour up to NaNO3 concentration of 2 M. Column studies have been carried out and conditions for elution and separation of Am3+ from Eu3+ have been found out. Long term stability of the resin was also investigated. |
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