Ionic liquid based separations of trivalent lanthanide and actinide ions.

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 3641-3653

  Shkrob, Ilya A ^a   Marin, Timothy W ^a,b   Jensen, Mark P ^a  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b BENEDICTINE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

F-ELEMENT CATIONS; FUNCTIONALIZED IONIC LIQUIDS; GROUP SEPARATION; NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLES; PHASE DISTRIBUTION; SEPARATION FACTORS; SEPARATION PROCESS; SYNTHETIC REAGENTS;

FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; IONIC LIQUIDS; METAL IONS; NUCLEAR FUEL REPROCESSING; POSITIVE IONS; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS;

SEPARATION;

EID: 84897710142     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie4036719     Document Type: Article

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