Modeling of the extraction of uranium (VI) from concentrated phosphoric acid by synergistic mixtures of bis-(2-ethylhexyl)-phosphoric acid and tri-n-octylphosphine oxide

Hydrometallurgy

Volumn 129-130, Issue , 2012, Pages 118-125

  Beltrami, Denis ^a,b,c   Cote, Gérard ^a,b   Mokhtari, Hamid ^c   Courtaud, Bruno ^c   Chagnes, Alexandre ^a,b  

^a PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c AREVA NP   (France)

Author keywords

D2EHPA; Phosphoric acid; Solvent extraction; TOPO; Uranium

Indexed keywords

D2EHPA; DEPROTONATED FORM; DISTRIBUTION COEFFICIENT; ORGANIC PHASE; SYNERGISTIC MIXTURES; THERMODYNAMIC MODEL; TOPO; TRI-N-OCTYLPHOSPHINE OXIDE; WET PHOSPHORIC ACIDS;

SOLVENT EXTRACTION; URANIUM; URANIUM COMPOUNDS; URANIUM METALLURGY;

PHOSPHORIC ACID;

EID: 84867740783     PISSN: 0304386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hydromet.2012.09.005     Document Type: Article

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