Removal of 241Am from aqueous nitrate solutions by liquid surfactant membrane containing 2-ethylhexyl phosphonic acid mono-2-ethylhexyl ester as ion carrier

Chemosphere

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 433-437

  Kedari, C S ^a   Pandit, S S ^a   Parikh, K J ^a   Tripathi, S C ^a  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

2 Ethylhexyl phosphonic acid mono 2 ethylhexyl ester; Americium(III); Liquid surfactant membrane; Span 80

Indexed keywords

EMULSIFICATION; ESTERS; FISSION PRODUCTS; LIQUIDS; NITRATES; ORGANIC ACIDS; PLUTONIUM; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; URANIUM;

AQUEOUS NITRATE SOLUTIONS; EXPERIMENTAL PARAMETERS; FISSION PRODUCT ELEMENTS; LIQUID MEMBRANE PHASE; LIQUID SURFACTANT MEMBRANE; PHOSPHONIC ACIDS; PLUTONIUM URANIUM RECOVERY BY EXTRACTIONS; SPAN 80;

EXTRACTION;

2 ETHYLHEXANOL; 2 ETHYLHEXYLPHOSPHONIC ACID 2 ETHYLHEXYL ESTER; AMERICIUM 241; CERIUM 144; CESIUM 137; ESTER DERIVATIVE; EUROPIUM; EUROPIUM 152; EUROPIUM 154; NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE; RUBIDIUM; RUBIDIUM 103; SORBITAN OLEATE; STRONTIUM 90; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZIRCONIUM; ZIRCONIUM 95; 2 ETHYLHEXYL PHOSPHONIC ACID MONO 2 ETHYLHEXYL ESTER; 2-ETHYLHEXYL PHOSPHONIC ACID MONO-2-ETHYLHEXYL ESTER; AMERICIUM; HEXOSE; PHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SURFACTANT;

AMERICIUM; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ESTER; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MEMBRANE; NITRATE; PLUTONIUM; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; RECOVERY; SURFACTANT; URANIUM;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CHEMICAL REACTION; DEMULSIFICATION; EMULSION; FREEZE THAWING; LIQUID SURFACTANT MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; PH; RADIOACTIVE WASTE PROCESSING; CHEMISTRY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; REVIEW;

AMERICIUM; EMULSIONS; HEXOSES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; NITRATES; PHOSPHONIC ACIDS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS;

EID: 77953620261     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2010.04.056     Document Type: Article

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