Combined extraction of cesium and strontium from alkaline nitrate solutions

Solvent Extraction and Ion Exchange

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 197-217

  Delmau, Lætitia H ^a   Bonnesen, Peter V ^a   Engle, Nancy L ^a   Haverlock, Tamara J ^a   Sloop Jr , Frederick V ^a   Moyer, Bruce A ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alkaline nitrate media; Caustic side solvent extraction solvent; Cesium and strontium extraction; Crown ethers

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CESIUM; CROWN ETHERS; NITRATES; SOLVENTS; STRONTIUM;

ALKALINE NITRATE SOLUTIONS; CAUSTIC-SIDE SOLVENT EXTRACTION SOLVENT;

EXTRACTION;

CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CESIUM; CROWN ETHERS; EXTRACTION; NITRATES; SOLVENTS; STRONTIUM;

EID: 33646382418     PISSN: 07366299     EISSN: 15322262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07366290500511290     Document Type: Article

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