Extraction of uranyl nitrate, chloride and sulphate with tri-n-octyl amine
(TOA) in benzene as a function of the TOA concentration has been studied. The
concentration based extraction equilibrium constants were calculated from
the distribution data of the uranyl salts, fitting the parameters of a
chemical model to the experimentally obtained extraction isotherms. The
calculated equilibrium constants are 46.5, 89.4 and 4.2x104 for uranyl
nitrate, chloride and sulphate, respectively. These values are in good
agreement with the previously reported extraction equilibrium constants
calculated by the inflection point method.