Rhenium distribution between Tri-n-butyl phosphate (TBP) dissolved in kerosene and sulfuric aqueous media is investigated under different temperatures, acidities, and TBP concentrations. Results show an exothermic extraction reaction with a distribution factor that decreases with the increase of the temperature and increases with the increase of the acidity and the TBP concentration. The stoichiometry of the reaction indicates neutralization of 1 mole of H + with 1 mole of ReO Ϫ 4 and solvating of a neutral molecule with four molecules of TBP. The structure of the complexes formed is, therefore, 4TBP и HReO 4 . The apparent Gibbs free energy of the formation of 4TBP и HReO 4 from TBP, ReO Ϫ 4 , and H + is determined to be equal to Ϫ66,989 ϩ 219.8 T J/mole.