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AUTHOR
Bruno Courtaud
Influence of Phase Modifiers on the Degradation of Tri-n-octylamine/dodecane Extracting Mixture by an Acidic Solution of Vanadium (V)
The kinetics of degradation of a mixture of tri-n-octylamine (extractant) and various alcoholic phase modifiers in n-dodecane in contact with acidic aqueous sulfate solutions containing vanadium (V) has been investigated. The nature of the modifier influences the kinetics of degradation and an improvement of the resistance against the chemical degradation is obtained when secondary alcohol (2-nonanol) or tertiary alcohols such as 9-octyl-9-heptadecanol are used as phase modifiers instead of 1-tridecanol. For instance, the kinetic constant of degradation is divided by one half when 9-octyl-9-heptadecanol is used as phase modifier instead of 1-tridecanol. On the contrary, the alcohols contain…
Development of New Cationic Exchangers for the Recovery of Uranium (VI) from Concentrated Phosphoric Acid
The extraction of uranium (VI) from 5.3 mol.L−1 phosphoric acid with a series of phosphoric, phosphinic, dithiophosphoric, or dithiophosphinic acid derivatives (0.5 mol.L−1) in mixture with 0.125 mol.L−1 TOPO in Isane IP 185 has been investigated. In the frame of the present work, eight acidic phosphorus and thiophosphorus compounds have been synthesized: bis(1,3-diisobutoxypropan-2-yl) phosphoric acid, bis(1,3-bis-(butylthio)propan-2-yl) phosphoric acid, bis(5,8,12,15-tetraoxanonadecan-10-yl) phosphoric acid, bis(1-butoxyheptan-2-yl) phosphoric acid, bis(undecan-6-yl) phosphoric acid, bis(2-(1,3-dibutoxypropan-2-yloxy)ethyl) phosphoric acid, bis(3-butoxy-2-(butoxymethyl)-2-methylpropyl) ph…
Solvent extraction studies of uranium(VI) from phosphoric acid: Role of synergistic reagents in mixture with bis(2-ethylhexyl) phosphoric acid
Abstract The extraction of uranium(VI) from 5.3 mol·L − 1 H 3 PO 4 (a typical concentration of wet phosphoric acid) with a series of neutral organosphosphorus synergistic reagents (0.125–0.250 mol·L − 1 ) used in mixture with 0.5 mol·L − 1 bis(2-ethylhexyl) phosphoric acid (D2EHPA) in Isane IP 185 (a 100% isoparaffinic aliphatic diluent) has been investigated. The series of synergistic reagents includes tri- n -butyl phosphate (TBP), di- n -butyl n -butyl phosphonate (DBBP), n -butyl di- n -butyl phosphinate (BDBP), tri- n -butyl phosphine oxide (TBPO), tri- n -hexyl phosphine oxide (THPO), tri- n -octyl phosphine oxide (TOPO), tri- n -decyl phosphine oxide (TDPO), di- n -hexyl n -decyl pho…