1988•Sov. Radiochem. (Engl. Transl.); (United States)Requires access
PMBP extraction and TPE separation in alkaline pyrophosphate solutions
Z.K. Karalova, T.I. Bukina, E. A. Lavrinovich, Т. И. Трофимов, Yu. M. Kulyako, B. F. Myasoedov
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Abstract
Measurements have been made on the solvent extraction of Am(III), Am(V), Cm(III), and Eu(III) in trace and macroscopic amounts from (NH/sub 4/)/sub 4/P/sub 2/O/sub 7/ (pH = 7.6) and Na/sub 4/P/sub 2/O/sub 7/ (pH = 10) solutions as coordination compounds with 1-phenyl-3-methyl-4-benzoylpyrazol-5-one (PMBP). A method has been devised for separating weighable amounts of americium and curium, which is based in trivalent curium being extracted quantitatively from 0.1 M sodium pyrophosphate (pH 10) by 0.1 M PMBP solution in chloroform, where high distribution coefficients apply, while americium is electrochemically oxidized in that medium to Am(VI) and on contact with the extraction agent is reduced to Am(V) and remains in the aqueous phase. The separation factor for the Cm(III)-Am(V) pair is about 10/sup 3/.