Lactic acid partitioning in TALSPEAK extraction systems

Separation Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1725-1732

  Grimes, Travis S ^a   Nilsson, Mikael A ^a,b   Nash, Kenneth L ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Actinide lanthanide separations; DTPA; HDEHP; Lactic acid; TALSPEAK

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; BASELINE PROCESS; DIETHYLENETRIAMINE; DTPA; EXTRACTANTS; EXTRACTION SYSTEMS; HDEHP; HIGH CONCENTRATION; LANTHANIDES; NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLES; OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY; ORGANIC PHASE; ORGANIC PHASIS; ORGANIC SOLUTIONS; PHASE TRANSFER; PILOT SCALE; RADIATION STABILITY; TALSPEAK; TERNARY COMPLEX;

ACTINIDES; BODY FLUIDS; FISSION PRODUCTS; LACTIC ACID; METAL IONS; PHOSPHORIC ACID; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; SOLUTIONS;

ORGANIC ACIDS;

EID: 77956220402     PISSN: 01496395     EISSN: 15205754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01496395.2010.493841     Document Type: Article

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