INL DPAH STAAR 2015 Annual Report

Peterman, Dean Richard¹ 

[1]Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)

关键词: AMERICIUM;    TRIOCTYLPHOSPHINE OXIDE;    OXALIC ACID;    AMMONIUM FLUORIDES;    CYSTEINE;    REAGENTS;    SCRUBBING;    SOLVENT EXTRACTION;    PHOSPHINIC ACIDS;    PHOSPHINIC ACID ESTERS;    PHOSPHONIC ACID ESTERS Dithiophosphinic acid;    Minor actinide;   

DOI  :  10.2172/1260884
RP-ID  :  INL/EXT--15-36657
PID  :  OSTI ID: 1260884
Others  :  TRN: US1601563

学科分类：化学（综合）

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来源: SciTech Connect

【 摘 要 】

Research conducted at the INL has demonstrated the synergistic extraction of americium using solvents comprised of bis(o,o-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl) dithiophosphinic acid (DPAH ???1???) and trioctylphosphine oxide (TOPO), butyl bis(2,4,4-trimethylpentyl) phosphinate (BuCy272), or dibutyl butylphosphonate (DBBP). One potential drawback of this separations scheme is that soft metals such as silver, cadmium, or palladium and fission products such as zirconium are well extracted by these solvents. Several potential scrubbing reagents were examined. Of the scrubbing reagents studied, cysteine and methione exhibited some ability to scrub soft metals from the loaded solvent. More conventional scrub reagents such as ammonium fluoride or oxalic acid were not effective. Reagents like Bimet and CDTA were not soluble at the acidities used in these studies. Unfortunately, these results indicate that the identification of effective scrubbing reagents for use in a flowsheet based upon the INL DPAH is going to be very difficult.