Extraction of Uranium(VI) from nitric acid solution using pyrrolidone derivatives

Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 787-792

  Takahashi, Yuya ^a   Hotokezaka, Hiroyasu ^a   Noda, Kyoko ^a   Nogami, Masanobu ^a   Ikeda, Yasuhisa ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amide; Extraction; N cyclohexyl 2 pyrrolidone; N dodecyl 2 pyrrolidone; N octyl 2 pyrrolidone; Pyrrolidone derivatives; U(VI)

Indexed keywords

N-CYCLOHEXYL-2-PYRROLIDONE; N-DODECYL-2-PYRROLIDONE; N-OCTYL-2-PYRROLIDONE; PYRROLIDONE DERIVATIVES; U(VI);

AMIDES; NITRIC ACID; SOLUTIONS; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS; URANIUM;

URANIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 68949136851     PISSN: 00223131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3327/jnst.46.787     Document Type: Article

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