Studies on the recovery of uranium from phosphoric acid medium using synergistic mixture of (2-Ethyl hexyl) Phosphonic acid, mono (2-ethyl hexyl) ester (PC88A) and Tri-n-butyl phosphate (TBP)

Hydrometallurgy

Volumn 95, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 170-174

  Singh, Suman Kumar ^a   Dhami, P S ^a   Tripathi, S C ^a   Dakshinamoorthy, A ^a  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Solvent extraction; Synergism; Synergistic coefficient; Uranium; Wet process phosphoric acid

Indexed keywords

ACIDS; ACTINIDES; AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; ESTERIFICATION; ESTERS; EXTRACTION; EXTRACTIVE METALLURGY; MIXTURES; ORGANIC ACIDS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PHOSPHORIC ACID; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; SOLVENTS; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS; URANIUM; URANIUM METALLURGY; XYLENE;

BACK EXTRACTIONS; EXPERIMENTAL PARAMETERS; EXTRACTANT; EXTRACTION CONDITIONS; PHOSPHONIC ACIDS; SYNERGISM; SYNERGISTIC COEFFICIENT; SYNERGISTIC MIXTURES; WET PROCESS PHOSPHORIC ACID; WET PROCESSES;

RADIOACTIVE WASTES;

EID: 56949086025     PISSN: 0304386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hydromet.2008.04.006     Document Type: Article

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