Trivalent Lanthanide/Actinide Separation Using Aqueous-Modified TALSPEAK Chemistry

Solvent Extraction and Ion Exchange

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 378-390

  Grimes, Travis S ^a   Tillotson, Richard D ^a   Martin, Leigh R ^a  

^a IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

actinide lanthanide separations; amino acids; HDEHP; Solvent extraction

Indexed keywords

ACTINIDES; AMINO ACIDS; LACTIC ACID; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; SOLVENT EXTRACTION;

ELECTROSTATIC ATTRACTIONS; GROUP SEPARATION; HDEHP; LIQUID/LIQUID EXTRACTION; MINOR ACTINIDE; THERMODYNAMIC DATA; THERMODYNAMIC MODEL; TRIVALENT LANTHANIDES;

SEPARATION;

EID: 84899866444     PISSN: 07366299     EISSN: 15322262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07366299.2013.877754     Document Type: Article

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