Electrospray ionization mass spectrometry investigation of BTBP - Lanthanide(III) and Actinide(III) complexes

Solvent Extraction and Ion Exchange

Volumn 27, Issue 5-6, 2009, Pages 663-682

  Retegan, Teodora ^a   Berthon, Laurence ^b   Ekberg, Christian ^a   Fermvik, Anna ^a   Skarnemark, Gunnar ^a   Zorz, Nicole ^b  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b CEA Marcoule   (France)

Author keywords

Am; BTBP; Complexes; Diluents; ESI MS; Eu; Solvent extraction

Indexed keywords

AM; BIPYRIDINES; COMPLEX FORMATIONS; COORDINATION SPHERE; CYCLOHEXANONES; ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION MASS SPECTROMETRY; ELECTROSTATIC INTERACTIONS; EXTRACTANTS; EXTRACTION PROCESS; GASPHASE; HYDROGEN ATOMS; LANTHANIDES; LIQUID-LIQUID EXTRACTION; MINOR ACTINIDE; NONCOVALENT; NUCLEAR WASTE; SEPARATION PROCESS;

ACTINIDES; ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; EUROPIUM; FISSION PRODUCTS; FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; IONIZATION OF GASES; LIQUIDS; MASS SPECTROMETERS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METAL IONS; METAL RECOVERY; NEUTRON DETECTORS; NUCLEAR FUEL REPROCESSING; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; SMELTING; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; SOLVENTS; STOICHIOMETRY;

COORDINATION REACTIONS;

EID: 70749083174     PISSN: 07366299     EISSN: 15322262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07366290903113991     Document Type: Article

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