Separation of Uranium and Plutonium from Aqueous Acidic Wastes Using a Hollow Fiber Supported Liquid Membrane

Separation Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1295-1319

  Rathore, N S ^a   Sonawane, J V ^a   Gupta, S K ^a   Pabby, Anil Kumar ^a   Venugopalan, A K ^a   Changrani, R D ^a   Dey, P K ^a  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Extraction; Flux; HFSLM; Permeation; Plutonium; TBP; Uranium

Indexed keywords

EFFLUENTS; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROPHOBICITY; IONS; MICROPOROUS MATERIALS; PLUTONIUM; URANIUM;

AQUEOUS ACIDIC WASTES; NUCLEAR PROCESS EFFLUENTS;

SEPARATION;

HYDROXYLAMINE; METAL ION; NITRIC ACID; PLUTONIUM; POLYPROPYLENE; URANIUM;

ACID; LIQUID MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE; SEPARATION; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ACIDITY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; EFFLUENT; EXTRACTION; FIBER; FLOW RATE; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIQUID MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE FILTER; NUCLEAR WASTE; POROSITY;

FILTER FABRIC; HOLLOW FIBER; INDUSTRIAL TEXTILE; MEMBRANE; SEPARATION;

EID: 2142771704     PISSN: 01496395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/SS-120030484     Document Type: Article

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