Evaluation of 1-hydroxyethane-l, 1-diphosphonic acid and sodium carbonate as stripping agents for the removal of am(III) and pu(IV) from truex process solvent

Separation Science and Technology

Volumn 28, Issue 1-3, 1993, Pages 43-58

  Lumetta, Gregg J ^a   Swanson, John L ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGENTS; AMERICIUM; CARBONATES; COMPLEXATION; LANTHANUM; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLUTONIUM; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); RADIOACTIVE WASTE VITRIFICATION; REMOVAL; SOLVENTS; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS;

1-HYDROXYETHANE -1,1-DIPHOSPHONIC ACID (HEDPA); AMERICIUM DISTRIBUTION COEFFICIENTS; PROCESS SOLVENTS; SODIUM CARBONATE; STRIPPING REAGENT;

SOLVENT EXTRACTION;

EID: 0027282854     PISSN: 01496395     EISSN: 15205754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01496399308019478     Document Type: Conference Paper

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