An overview and historical look back at the solvent extraction using nitrogen donor ligands to extract and separate An(III) from Ln(III)

Radiochimica Acta

Volumn 96, Issue 4-5, 2008, Pages 225-233

  Ekberg, C ^a   Fermvik, A ^a   Retegan, T ^a   Skarnemark, G ^a   Foreman, M R S ^b   Hudson, M J ^b   Englund, S ^c   Nilsson, M ^d  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c OKG AB   (Sweden)

^d WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Actinides; Lanthanides; Ligands; Partitioning; Pyridine; Separation factor; Solvent extraction

Indexed keywords

EID: 44349162395     PISSN: 00338230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1524/ract.2008.1483     Document Type: Article

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