An improved hydrolytically-stable Bis-Triazinyl-Pyridine (BTP) for selective actinide extraction

Solvent Extraction and Ion Exchange

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 213-229

  Trumm, Sascha ^a,b   Geist, Andreas ^a   Panak, Petra J ^a,b   Fanghänel, Thomas ^c  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Americium(III); CA BTP; Curium(III); Kinetics; Lanthanides(III); Liquid liquid extraction; Nitric acid; Sanex process; Separation

Indexed keywords

1-OCTANOL; ACTINIDE EXTRACTION; CA-BTP; EXTRACTING AGENTS; EXTRACTION KINETICS; EXTRACTION PROPERTIES; HIGH SOLUBILITY; HIGH STABILITY; LANTHANIDES; LANTHANIDES(III); LIQUID-LIQUID EXTRACTION; PRECURSOR MOLECULES; PROCESS SOLUTIONS; PRODUCTION COST; SANEX PROCESS; TRIMETHYL;

AMERICIUM; CURIUM; LIQUIDS; NITRIC ACID; PYRIDINE; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

SOLVENT EXTRACTION;

EID: 79953708513     PISSN: 07366299     EISSN: 15322262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07366299.2011.539129     Document Type: Article

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