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Separation of curium from americium using composite sorbents and complexing agent solutions

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The EXAm and the AmSel liquid–liquid extraction processes have been used as bases for the development of chromatographic systems for separation of curium(III) from americium(III). The liquid organic phases were replaced by composite sorbents with PAN binding matrix and complexing agent in nitric acid solutions were employed as aqueous phases. The influence of complexing agent and nitric acid concentrations on weight distribution coefficients and separation factor and the kinetics of the actinide uptake were determined in batch experiments with trace amounts of 241Am and 244Cm. The efficiency of Cm(III) separation from Am(III) was evaluated in column experiment.

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This research has been supported by the Grant Agency of the Czech Technical University in Prague, grants No. SGS11/071/OHK4/1T/14 and SGS12/199/OHK4/3T/14, and the Ministry of the Interior of the Czech Republic, grant No. VG20132015132.

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    Kamila Št’astná, Jan John, Ferdinand Šebesta & Martin Vlk

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Št’astná, K., John, J., Šebesta, F. et al. Separation of curium from americium using composite sorbents and complexing agent solutions. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 304, 349–355 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-014-3544-9

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