Modified Diglycolamides for the An(III) + Ln(III) Co-separation: Evaluation by Solvent Extraction and Time-Resolved Laser Fluorescence Spectroscopy

Solvent Extraction and Ion Exchange

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 119-137

  Wilden, Andreas ^a   Modolo, Giuseppe ^a   Lange, Steve ^a   Sadowski, Fabian ^a   Beele, Björn B ^b,d   Skerencak Frech, Andrej ^d   Panak, Petra J ^b,d   Iqbal, Mudassir ^c,e   Verboom, Willem ^c   Geist, Andreas ^d   Bosbach, Dirk ^a  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^d KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SARGODHA   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

actinide partitioning; americium; curium; diglycolamides; solvent extraction; time resolved laser fluorescence spectroscopy; TODGA

Indexed keywords

ACTINIDE-PARTITIONING; COMPLEX FORMATION CONSTANTS; CONDITIONAL STABILITY CONSTANTS; DIGLYCOLAMIDES; NITRIC ACID CONCENTRATION; SOLVENT-EXTRACTION PROCESS; TIME-RESOLVED LASER FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPIES; TODGA;

ACTINIDES; AMERICIUM; CURIUM; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; METAL IONS;

SOLVENT EXTRACTION;

EID: 84893055155     PISSN: 07366299     EISSN: 15322262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07366299.2013.833791     Document Type: Article

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