Separation of lanthanides and actinides on a bistriazinyl pyridine coated reverse phase column

Radiochimica Acta

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 325-334

  Deepika, P ^a   Sivaraman, N ^a   Sabharwal, K N ^a   Srinivasan, T G ^a   Vasudeva Rao, P R ^a  

^a INDIRA GANDHI CENTRE FOR ATOMIC RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Bistriazinyl pyridine (BTP); Extraction; High level waste (HLW); HPLC; Lanthanide actinide separations; Reverse phase

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957756323     PISSN: 00338230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1524/ract.2011.1819     Document Type: Article

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