Abstract
The distribution coefficients of mono- and dibutyl phosphates between an organic phase containing tributyl phosphate in hydrogenated kerosene, and water and nitric acid, alkali and soda solutions were determined. It was found that a concentration of monobutyl phosphate below 0.001 mole/liter (equilibrium concentration) and of dibutyl phosphate below 0.0001 mole/liter hardly affected the extraction of plutonium with tributyl phosphate.
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Shevchenko, V.B., Smelov, V.S. The effect of mono- and dibutyl phosphates on the extraction of plutonium with tributyl phosphate. The Soviet Journal of Atomic Energy 5, 1455–1459 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01498488
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01498488