Development of an extractive spectrophotometric method for uranium using MWCNTs as solid phase and arsenazo(III) as chromophore

Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry

Volumn 296, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1239-1245

  Shah, Faheem ^a,b   Soylak, Mustafa ^a   Kazi, Tasneem Gul ^b   Afridi, Hassan Imran ^b  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SINDH   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Arsenazo III; Carbon nanotubes; Pre concentration; Solid phase; Uranium

Indexed keywords

ARSENAZO 3; MULTI WALLED NANOTUBE; URANIUM;

ADSORPTION; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; EXTRACTION; FLOW RATE; PH; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

EID: 84878109889     PISSN: 02365731     EISSN: 15882780     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10967-012-2376-8     Document Type: Article

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