Chromatographic separation of strontium (II) from a nitric acid solution containing some typically simulated elements by a novel silica-based TODGA impregnated polymeric composite in the MAREC process

Solvent Extraction and Ion Exchange

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 231-247

  Zhang, Anyun ^a   Wei, Yuezhou ^a   Hoshi, Harutaka ^a   Kumagai, Mikio ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH AND INNOVATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chromatographic separation; MAREC process; N,N,N',N' tetraoctyl 3 oxapentane 1,5 diamide; Silica based macroporous polymer; Strontium

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; CHELATION; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; NITRIC ACID; SEPARATION; SILICA; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

ADSORPTION ABILITY; CONTACT TIME; HIGH-LEVEL LIQUID WASTES (HLLW); POLYMERIC ADSORPTION MATERIALS;

STRONTIUM;

CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIQUID-SOLID SEPARATION; METAL EXTRACTION; NITRIC ACID; STRONTIUM;

EID: 16244378258     PISSN: 07366299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/SEI-200049894     Document Type: Article

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