Selective recovery of uranium from THOREX feed by hollow fit supported liquid membrane technique containing di(2-ethylhexy isobutyramide (D2EHIBA) as the carrier

Radiochimica Acta

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 259-266

  Pathak, P N ^a   Ansari, S A ^a   Prabhu, D R ^a   Kanekar, A S ^a   Mohapatra, P K ^a   Manchanda, V K ^a  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

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EID: 77956123249     PISSN: 00338230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1524/ract.2010.1720     Document Type: Article

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