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Separation of Long-Lived 108mAg from 152Eu and 60Co Using Polyethylene Glycol Based Aqueous Two Phase Systems

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An environmentally benign aqueous two phase system has been developed for the separation of 108mAg from 152Eu and 60Co using polyethylene glycol/salt system. Twelve salts (nine inorganic, three organic) and PEG 4000 were chosen to form the ATPS out of which, the best separation was observed for 3 mL 2 mol·dm−3 K3PO4: 3 mL PEG 4000 followed by 3 mL 2 mol·dm−3 Na2SO4: 3 mL PEG 4000. In both cases, silver was preferentially extracted in the PEG rich phase. The separation factors achieved were SAg/Co = 2.11 × 103 and SAg/Eu = 2.79 × 102 in the case of 2 mol·dm−3 K3PO4: PEG 4000 combination.

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Mitra, S., Naskar, N. & Lahiri, S. Separation of Long-Lived 108mAg from 152Eu and 60Co Using Polyethylene Glycol Based Aqueous Two Phase Systems. J Solution Chem 52, 1289–1300 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10953-023-01318-8

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