Understanding the Extraction Mechanism in Ionic Liquids: UO2 2+/HNO3/TBP/C4-mimTf2N as a Case Study

Solvent Extraction and Ion Exchange

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 577-601

  Billard, Isabelle ^a   Ouadi, Ali ^a   Jobin, Emilie ^a   Champion, Julie ^a   Gaillard, Clotilde ^b   Georg, Sylvia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Ionic liquids; Liquid liquid extraction; Uranyl

Indexed keywords

IONIC LIQUIDS; ULTRAVIOLET VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY; URANIUM DIOXIDE;

BIS(TRIFLUOROMETHANE SULFONYL)IMIDE; DISTRIBUTION RATIO; EXTRACTION MECHANISMS; HNO3 CONCENTRATIONS; INITIAL CONCENTRATION; LIQUID/LIQUID EXTRACTION; URANYL; UV-VIS SPECTROSCOPY;

EXTRACTION;

EID: 79960688860     PISSN: 07366299     EISSN: 15322262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07366299.2011.566494     Document Type: Article

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