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Solvent Extraction of Plutonium(IV), Uranium(VI), and Some Fission Products with Di-n-octylsulfoxide

J.P. Shukla, Shraddha Pai, M. S. Subramanian

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Extraction behavior of plutonium(IV), uranium(VI), and some fission products from aqueous nitric acid media with di-n-octylsulfoxide (DOSO) has been studied over a wide range of conditions. Both the actinides are extracted essentially completely, whereas fission product contaminants like Zr, Ru, Ce, Eu, and Sr show negligible extraction. The absorption spectra of sulfoxide extracts containing either Pu4+ or UO2 2+ indicate the species extracted from nitric acid into the organic phase to be Pu(NO3)4. 2DOSO and UO2(NO3)2. 2DOSO, respectively. Extraction of these actinides decreases with increasing temperature, indicating the extraction to be exothermic. DOSO extracts plutonium and uranium better than di-n-hexylsulfoxide (DHSO) under all condition and is also more soluble in aromatic diluents than the latter. The effect of gamma radiation on the extraction properties of DOSO is found to be similar to that of DHSO.

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Extraction behavior of plutonium(IV), uranium(VI), and some fission products from aqueous nitric acid media with di-n-octylsulfoxide (DOSO) has been studied over a wide range of conditions. Both the actinides are extracted essentially completely, whereas fission product contaminants like Zr, Ru, Ce, Eu, and Sr show negligible extraction. The absorption spectra of sulfoxide extracts containing either Pu4+ or UO2 2+ indicate the species extracted from nitric acid into the organic phase to be Pu(NO3)4. 2DOSO and UO2(NO3)2. 2DOSO, respectively. Extraction of these actinides decreases with increasing temperature, indicating the extraction to be exothermic. DOSO extracts plutonium and uranium better than di-n-hexylsulfoxide (DHSO) under all condition and is also more soluble in aromatic diluents than the latter. The effect of gamma radiation on the extraction properties of DOSO is found to be similar to that of DHSO.

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Extraction behavior of plutonium(IV), uranium(VI), and some fission products from aqueous nitric acid media with di-n-octylsulfoxide (DOSO) has been studied over a wide range of conditions. Both the actinides are extracted essentially completely, whereas fission product contaminants like Zr, Ru, Ce, Eu, and Sr show negligible extraction. The absorption spectra of sulfoxide extracts containing either Pu4+ or UO2 2+ indicate the species extracted from nitric acid into the organic phase to be Pu(NO3)4. 2DOSO and UO2(NO3)2. 2DOSO, respectively. Extraction of these actinides decreases with increasing temperature, indicating the extraction to be exothermic. DOSO extracts plutonium and uranium better than di-n-hexylsulfoxide (DHSO) under all condition and is also more soluble in aromatic diluents than the latter. The effect of gamma radiation on the extraction properties of DOSO is found to be similar to that of DHSO.

Key concepts: Chemistry, Nitric acid, Plutonium, Uranium, Actinide, Fission products, Extraction (chemistry), Diluent

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