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Solvent extraction of uranium from aqueous solutions by α-benzoinoxime

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Solvent extraction of uranium with α-benzoinoxime from aqueous solutions has been systematically investigated. The extraction equilibration was very fast and achieved at 60 s for uranium. The extraction of uranium was pH-dependent using α-benzoinoxime as extractant. The effect concentration of uranium and α-benzoinoxime was studied. The uranium loaded in the organic phase can be stripped efficiently with 93 % yield using 0.1 M HCl as the stripping agent in a single stripping step. A good selectivity for uranium was observed through α-benzoinoxime as extractant from aqueous solution with other interfering cation ions. Present study suggested that α-benzoinoxime can be used as a potential extractant for separation of uranium from aqueous solution using centrifugal extractor in industrial application.

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The present work was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 20901080, 10905074, 11205216) and Knowledge Innovation Program of The Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant No. KJCX2-YW-N50-3, KJCX2-YW-N49-2).

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    Fangli Fan, Jing Bai, Fuyou Fan, Xiaojie Yin, Yang Wang, Wei Tian, Xiaolei Wu & Zhi Qin

  2. Graduate University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China

    Fuyou Fan, Yang Wang & Wei Tian

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Fan, F., Bai, J., Fan, F. et al. Solvent extraction of uranium from aqueous solutions by α-benzoinoxime. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 300, 1039–1043 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-014-3002-8

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