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Extraction of cesium-137 from nitric acid medium in the presence of macrocyclic polyethers

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Extraction behavior of137Cs was studied from nitric acid medium using dibenzo 18 crown 6 (DB18C6), 4,4'(5')di-acetylbenzo 18 crown 6 (DAB18C6), 4, 4'(5')di-hexanoylbenzo 18 crown 6 (DHB18C6), 4,4'(5')di-nonanoylbenzo 18 crown 6 (DNB18C6) and 4,4'(5')di-t-butylbenzo 18 crown 6 (DTBB18C6) in nitrobenzene medium. The stoichiometry of the species extracted with dibenzo 18 crown 6 (L) conformed to ML+. NO3 − TheD Cs values were found not to be affected by the presence of aluminium nitrate in the aqueous phase. The separation behavior of fission products obtained from an irradiated natural uranium target was also studied. Presence of 0.004M phosphotungstic acid found to enhance theD Cs values at lower acidities.

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  1. Waste Management Projects Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay, 400085, Mumbai, India

    A. Kumar

  2. Radiochemistry Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay, 400085, Mumbai, India

    P. K. Mohapatra & V. K. Manchanda

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Kumar, A., Mohapatra, P.K. & Manchanda, V.K. Extraction of cesium-137 from nitric acid medium in the presence of macrocyclic polyethers. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 229, 169–172 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02389469

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