Stability of phenyl trifluoromethyl sulfone as diluent in a grouped actinide extraction process
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 2015

In this work, stability experiments have been performed on a phenyl trifluoromethyl sulfone based solvent containing 6,6'-bis(5,6-dialkyl-[1,2,4-]triazin-3-yl)-2,2'-bipyridine and tri-butyl phosphate. This solvent is intended to be used in a grouped actinide extraction process for partitioning and transmutation purposes. The distribution ratio for americium was determined to approximately 20 and for europium approximately 0.26 giving a separation factor of 77. The solvent maintain good distribution ratios and separation factors during both gamma irradiation of 6.6 kGy h(-1) for up to 24 h and acid contact for up to 6 weeks at room temperature.

CyMe4-BTBP and TBP.

Solvent extraction

FS-13

GANEX

Författare

Jenny Halleröd

Chalmers, Kemi och kemiteknik, Energi och material

Christian Ekberg

Chalmers, Kemi och kemiteknik, Energi och material

Mark Foreman

Chalmers, Kemi och kemiteknik, Energi och material

Elin Löfström Engdahl

Chalmers, Kemi och kemiteknik, Energi och material

Emma Aneheim

Chalmers, Kemi och kemiteknik, Energi och material

Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry

0236-5731 (ISSN) 1588-2780 (eISSN)

Vol. 304 1 287-291

DOI

10.1007/s10967-014-3657-1

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