The extraction of nitric acid, trivalent actinides and lanthanides with N,N,N ,N -tetra-n-octyl-3-oxapentanediamide (TODGA) dissolved in the aromatic diluents 1,4-diisopropylbenezene and tert-butylbenzene was studied. Nitric acid extraction proceeds along the formation of 1:1 and 2:1 HNO3-TODGA adducts. An(III) and Ln(III) distribution ratios were determined as a function of nitric acid, TODGA and Ln(III) concentrations. Distribution ratios are approximately an order of ag i de lower in aromatic diluents compared to aliphatic diluents.No third phase formation was observed when contacting the solvent with an aqueous phase containing 1.5 mol/L Er(NO3)3 in 2 4.3 mol/L HNO3. Slope analysis indicates the formation of 1:3 and 1:4 M(III):TODGA complexes. Using TRLFS, the formation of a previously unknown 1:2 complex in organic phases loaded with Ln(III) was observed for the first time.
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