Studies on the extraction of actinides by dibutylbutyl phosphonate

Solvent Extraction and Ion Exchange

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 202-224

  Brahmmananda Rao, C V S ^a   Sinivasan, T G ^a   Vasudeva Rao, P R ^a  

^a INDIRA GANDHI CENTRE FOR ATOMIC RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Actinides; Diamylamyl phosphonate; Dibutylbutyl phosphonate; Solvent extraction; Third phase; Tributyl phosphate

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS SOLUBILITY; DODECANE; ELEMENTAL ANALYSIS; EXTRACTANTS; N-DODECANE; NITRIC ACID CONCENTRATION; PHASE FORMATION BEHAVIOR; PHOSPHONATES; THIRD PHASE; TRI-BUTYL PHOSPHATE;

ACIDS; ACTINIDES; IRON COMPOUNDS; NEUTRON DETECTORS; NITRIC ACID; PHOSPHATES; PLUTONIUM; RESINS; SOLVENTS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACE TENSION; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

SOLVENT EXTRACTION;

EID: 77951696420     PISSN: 07366299     EISSN: 15322262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07366290903574606     Document Type: Article

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