Identification of F- and SO42- as the radiolytic products of the ionic liquid C4mimNTf2 and their effect on the extraction of UO22+

Radiation Physics and Chemistry

Volumn 83, Issue , 2013, Pages 74-78

  Sun, Taoxiang ^a   Shen, Xinghai ^a   Chen, Qingde ^a   Ma, Jingyuan ^b   Zhang, Shuo ^b   Huang, Yuying ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF APPLIED PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Extraction; Ionic liquid; Radiation effect; Radiolytic product; Uranyl ion

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS PHASE; COORDINATION ENVIRONMENT; EXAFS; EXTRACTION EFFICIENCIES; RADIOLYTIC PRODUCTS; SPENT NUCLEAR FUELS; TRI-N-BUTYL PHOSPHATE; URANYL IONS;

EUROPIUM; EXTRACTION; IONS; NITRIC ACID; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RADIOLYSIS; URANIUM; URANIUM ALLOYS;

IONIC LIQUIDS;

1 BUTYL 3 METHYLIMIDAZOLIUM BIS(TRIFLUOROMETHYLSULFONYL)IMIDE; EUROPIUM; IONIC LIQUID; IRON; SULFATE; TRIBUTYL PHOSPHATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URANYL DERIVATIVE;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; EXTRACTION; NUCLEAR FUEL REPROCESSING; POWDER X RAY DIFFRACTION; PRECIPITATION; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIOLYSIS; ROENTGEN SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84870496259     PISSN: 0969806X     EISSN: 18790895     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2012.10.004     Document Type: Article

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