Selective separation of minor actinides and lanthanides using aromatic dithiophosphinic and phosphinic acid derivatives

Dean R. Peterman, Leigh R. Martin, John R. Klaehn, Mason K. Harrup, Mitchell R. Greenhalgh, Thomas A. Luther

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Abstract

A new extractant for the separation of actinide(III) and lanthanide(III) cations, bis(o-trifluoromethylphenyl) phosphinic acid (2) was synthesized. The synthetic route employed mirrors one that was employed to produce the sulfur containing analog bis(o-trifluoromethylphenyl) dithiophosphinic acid (1). Classic radiochemical methods and absorbance spectroscopy were used to study the coordination chemistry of the Am-dithiophosphinic acid and Am-phosphinic acid complexes.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)527-531
Number of pages5
JournalJournal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry
Volume282
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 2009
Externally publishedYes

Funding

Acknowledgments This work was supported by the United States Department of Energy and the Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) program at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) through contract DE-AC07-05ID14517.

FundersFunder number
United States Department of Energy
Idaho National LaboratoryDE-AC07-05ID14517

    Keywords

    • Actinide
    • Americium
    • Dithiophosphinic acid
    • Phosphinic acid
    • Separation factor

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