Thermodynamics of extraction of Pu(IV) from nitric acid solutions by tri-n-butyl phosphate (TBP)

Solovkin, A.S.

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“…As can be seen later in Table , a prolonged extraction time leads to a drop in the distribution ratio because of a decrease in the Pu(IV) concentration by the formation of nonextractable Pu(III) and partially extractable Pu(VI) in the aqueous phase. In the earlier literature, , it was proposed that hydrolyzed Pu species should also be considered to be extracted species; however, their presence in the TBP organic phase was just recently confirmed spectrophotometrically . Comparison of the vis−NIR absorption spectra of Pu in the TBP-extraction phase contacted with 0.1 mol·L −1 HNO 3 and 2 mol·L −1 HNO 3 reveals that the Pu(IV) species extracted from low nitric acid concentration were Pu(IV)-hydrolyzed species .…”

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Modeling of Pu(IV) Extraction from Acidic Nitrate Media by Tri-n-butyl Phosphate

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A thermodynamic model of the distribution of Pu(IV) between aqueous solutions of nitric acid and lithium nitrate and 30 % (by volume) TBP in n-dodecane was developed. The mean activity coefficients of the hydrogen ion, nitrate ion, and water were calculated using Bromley's method of activity coefficients. The computation of the distribution ratios is based on a critical evaluation of the speciation of Pu(IV) under the solution conditions used. Five Pu(IV) species, Pu 4+ , Pu(OH) 3+ , Pu(OH) 2 2+ , Pu(NO 3 ) 3+ , and Pu(NO 3 ) 2 2+ , were considered to be present in (0.1 to 4) mol • L -1 aqueous solutions of HNO 3 . Because of the various extraction capabilities of the different oxidation states of Pu, disproportionation of Pu(IV) is the main factor controlling the distribution of Pu at low acidity. Two different Pu(IV) solvate adducts Pu(NO 3 ) 4 • TBP 2 and Pu(NO 3 ) 4 • TBP 2 • HNO 3 were considered as extracted species over a wide range of experimental conditions, and their extractions constants were determined. The correlation between experimental and calculated data produced a reasonable fit. To determine the extraction constant of hydrolyzed Pu(IV) species for low acid concentrations, additional experimental data on the kinetics of disproportionation of tetravalent plutonium in two phase systems would be necessary.

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