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Uptake behavior of arsenic and selenium with sulfur-based extraction chromatography resins in HCl and HNO3 media

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The uptake behavior of 73As and 75Se was studied in HCl and HNO3 media with CL resin, ethanethiol resin and dimethyl sulfide resin. In HCl solutions, there was high extraction of selenium on CL resin and ethanethiol resin but lower uptake on dimethyl sulfide resin; arsenic was only extracted by CL resin. From HNO3, selenium was extracted only by ethanethiol resin and CL resin and there was no uptake of arsenic on any resin. While the sulfur-based resins have high selenium uptake and selectivity, column separations are challenging due to the chemical instability of these resins.

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This study was performed under the auspices of the U.S. Department of Energy by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory under Contract DE-AC52-07NA27344. This work was funded by the Laboratory Directed Research and Development Program at LLNL under project tracking code 23-SI-004.

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Kmak, K.N., Despotopulos, J.D. & Scielzo, N.D. Uptake behavior of arsenic and selenium with sulfur-based extraction chromatography resins in HCl and HNO3 media. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 333, 441–449 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-023-09195-7

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