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An extractive studies on behavior of thorium(IV) from malonate media by 2-octylaminopyridine: a green approach

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Thorium(IV) was extracted from 1 × 10−2 M sodium malonate medium by using 5 × 10−2 M 2-octylaminopyridine in xylene. The extracted thorium(IV) was stripped with 5 × 10−1 M HNO3 from organic phase and determined by EDTA. Thorium(IV) was selectively extracted and separated from uranium, lanthanum, cerium, yttrium, zirconium, neodymium, samarium, palladium, ruthenium, molybdenum, europium, cadmium in binary and ternary mixtures and real samples such as monazite ore, gas mantles.

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One of the author GDK is thankful to University Grants Commission (UGC) for providing fellowship under FIP. The authors are also grateful to UGC-SAP and DST-FIST programmes of Department of Chemistry, Shivaji University Kolhapur for providing laboratory facilities.

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    G. D. Kore, S. A. Patil, M. A. Anuse & S. S. Kolekar

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Kore, G.D., Patil, S.A., Anuse, M.A. et al. An extractive studies on behavior of thorium(IV) from malonate media by 2-octylaminopyridine: a green approach. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 310, 329–337 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-016-4857-7

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