The effect of acetohydroxamic acid on extraction and speciation of plutonium

Separation Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 9-10, 2008, Pages 2670-2683

  Tkac, Peter ^a   Paulenova, Alena ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetohydroxamic acid; Actinides; Complexation; Extraction; Plutonium; Speciation; TBP; UREX

Indexed keywords

ACTINIDES; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); NITRATES; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS;

ACETOHYDROXAMIC ACID; ACIDIC CONDITIONS; COMPLEXATION; COMPUTER MODELLING; DISTRIBUTION RATIOS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXTRACTION; EXTRACTION PROCESSING; ORGANIC PHASE; SPECIATION; TBP; TRANSURANIC ELEMENTS; TRIBUTYL PHOSPHATE; UREX; VIS-NIR SPECTRA;

PLUTONIUM;

CONCENTRATION; EXTRACTION METHOD; ORGANIC ACID;

EID: 49649099023     PISSN: 01496395     EISSN: 15205754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01496390802122238     Document Type: Conference Paper

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