Review of physical and chemical properties of tributyl phosphate/diluent/nitric acid systems

Separation Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1753-1762

  Wright, Amber ^a   Paviet Hartmann, Patricia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Density; Solubility; Solvent extraction; TBP; Vapor pressure

Indexed keywords

ACID SYSTEMS; DENSITY; PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; PHYSICAL ASPECTS; RELATED SYSTEMS; TBP; TRIBUTYL PHOSPHATE;

ACIDS; DEGRADATION; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; SOLUBILITY; SOLVENTS; VAPOR PRESSURE; VAPORS;

SOLVENT EXTRACTION;

EID: 77956193624     PISSN: 01496395     EISSN: 15205754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01496395.2010.494087     Document Type: Article

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