A solution to stripping problems caused by organophilic anion impurities in crown-ether-based solvent extraction systems: A case study of cesium removal from radioactive wastes

Hydrometallurgy

Volumn 72, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 9-19

  Delmau, Lætitia H ^a   Bonnesen, Peter V ^a   Moyer, Bruce A ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crown ether; Organophilic anion impurities; Stripping

Indexed keywords

AMINES; CESIUM; DECONTAMINATION; DISSOCIATION; ETHERS; HYDROMETALLURGY; IMPURITIES; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; STRIPPING (REMOVAL); SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

CAUSTIC-SIDE SOLVENT EXTRACTION (CSSX); ORGANOPHILIC ANION IMPURITIES;

SOLVENT EXTRACTION;

EID: 0742272512     PISSN: 0304386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-386X(03)00120-8     Document Type: Article

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