Application of hollow fiber contactor in nondispersive solvent extraction of Pu(IV) by TBP

Separation Science and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1911-1926

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

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Dispersion free solvent extraction; Hollow fiber contactor; Mass transfer coefficient; Oxalate supernatant; Plutonium; Tri n butyl phosphate

Indexed keywords

ACIDIC NITRATES; HOLLOW FIBER CONTACTORS; MASS-TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; TRI-N-BUTYLPHOSPHATE (TBP);

FIBERS; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROPHOBICITY; MASS TRANSFER; NITRATES; PLUTONIUM;

SOLVENT EXTRACTION;

MEMBRANE; SOLVENT EXTRACTION;

HOLLOW FIBER; INDUSTRIAL TEXTILE; MEMBRANE; SOLVENT;

EID: 22944486976     PISSN: 01496395     EISSN: 15205754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/SS-200064546     Document Type: Article

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