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Wang S, Yang X, Liu Y, Xu L, Xu C, Xiao C. Enhancing the Selectivity of Trivalent Actinide over Lanthanide Using Asymmetrical Phenanthroline Diamide Ligands. Inorg Chem 2024; 63:3063-3074. [PMID: 38285631 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.3c03997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2024]
Abstract
Phenanthroline diamide ligands have been widely used in the separation of trivalent actinides and lanthanides, but little research has focused on extractants with asymmetrical substitutes. Two novel asymmetrical phenanthroline-based ligands N2,N2,N9-triethyl-N9-tolyl-1,10-phenanthroline-2,9-dicarboxamide (DE-ET-DAPhen) and N2-ethyl-N9,N9-dioctyl-N2-tolyl-1,10-phenanthroline-2,9-dicarboxamide (DO-ET-DAPhen) were first synthesized in this work, whose extraction ability and complexation mechanism to trivalent actinides [An(III)] and lanthanides [Ln(III)] were systematically investigated. The ligands dissolved in n-octanol exhibit good extraction ability and high selectivity toward Am(III) in acidic solutions. The complexation mechanism of the ligands with Ln(III) in solution and solid state was analyzed using slope analysis, 1H NMR spectrometric titration, ESI-MS, and calorimetric titration. It is revealed that the ligands complex with Am(III)/Eu(III) with 1:1 stoichiometry. The stability constant (log β) of the complexation reaction of Eu(III) with DE-ET-DAPhen determined by UV-vis spectrophotometric and calorimetric titration is higher than that of DO-ET-DAPhen, indicating the stronger complexation ability of DE-ET-DAPhen. Meanwhile, the calorimetric titration results show that the complexation process is exothermic with a decreased entropy. The structures of 1:1 complexes of Eu(III) and Nd(III) with DE-ET-DAPhen were analyzed through single-crystal X-ray diffraction. This work proves that ligands containing asymmetrical functional groups are promising for An(III)/Ln(III) separation, which shows great significance in efficient extractants designed for the spent nuclear fuel reprocessing process.
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- Shihui Wang
- College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Institute of Nuclear-Agricultural Science, Key Laboratory of Nuclear Agricultural Sciences of Ministry of Agriculture and Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
- Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
- Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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Kalinin MA, Evsiunina MV, Kalle P, Lyssenko KA, Matveev PI, Borisova NE. Small Cyclic Diglycolamides: Tautomerism, Solvent Extraction and Coordination with f-Elements: One Strain to Rule Them All. Inorg Chem 2024; 63:602-612. [PMID: 38112309 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.3c03488] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2023]
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The search for new effective extractants is an important task for the management of high-level liquid waste (HLW) generated during the reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel. Here, we synthesized a series of diglycolamides with cyclic substituents for the first time. We disclosed their coordination with f-element nitrates [La(NO3)3 and UO2(NO3)2] by SC-XRD study and complexation properties toward Am(III), Ln(III), and U(VI) during solvent extraction from nitric acid solutions. Using dynamic nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and density functional theory (DFT) calculations, the importance of tautomerism in the extraction properties of diglycolamides was shown.
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- Mikhail A Kalinin
- Department of Chemistry, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie gory 1 bld. 3, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- Department of Chemistry, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie gory 1 bld. 3, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- N.S. Kurnakov Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky pr. 31, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- Department of Chemistry, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie gory 1 bld. 3, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- Department of Chemistry, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie gory 1 bld. 3, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- Department of Chemistry, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie gory 1 bld. 3, Moscow 119991, Russia
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Peroutka AA, Galley SS, Shafer JC. Elucidating the speciation of extracted lanthanides by diglycolamides. Coord Chem Rev 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2023.215071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/23/2023]
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Wang X, Song L, Yu Q, Li Q, He L, Xiao X, Pan Q, Yang Y, Ding S. Complexation of a Nitrilotriacetate-Derived Triamide Ligand with Trivalent Lanthanides: A Thermodynamic and Crystallographic Study. Inorg Chem 2023; 62:3916-3928. [PMID: 36821293 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c04311] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/24/2023]
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Non-heterocyclic N-donor nitrilotriacetate-derived triamide ligands are one of the most promising extractants for the selective extraction separation of trivalent actinides over lanthanides, but the thermodynamics and mechanism of the complexation of this kind of ligand with actinides and lanthanides are still not clear. In this work, the complexation behaviors of N,N,N',N',N″,N″-hexaethylnitrilotriacetamide (NTAamide(Et)) with four representative trivalent lanthanides (La3+, Nd3+, Eu3+, and Lu3+) were systematically investigated by using 1H nuclear magnetic resonance (1H NMR), ultraviolet-visible (UV-vis) and fluorescence spectrophotometry, microcalorimetry, and single-crystal X-ray diffractometry. 1H NMR spectroscopic titration of La3+ and Lu3+ indicates that two species of 1:2 and 1:1 metal-ligand complexes were formed in NO3- and ClO4- media. The stability constants of NTAamide(Et) with Nd3+ and Eu3+ obtained by UV-vis and fluorescence titration show that the complexing strength of NTAamide(Et) with Nd3+ is lower than that with Eu3+ in the same anionic medium, while that of the same lanthanide complex is higher in ClO4- medium than in NO3- medium. Meanwhile, the formation reactions for all metal-ligand complexes are driven by both enthalpy and entropy. The structures of lanthanide complexes in the single ClO4- and NO3- medium and the mixed one were determined to be [LnL2(MeOH)](ClO4)3 (Ln = La, Nd, Eu, and Lu), [LaL2(EtOH)2][La(NO3)6], and [LaL2(NO3)](ClO4)2, separately. The average bond lengths of lanthanide complexes decrease gradually with the decrease in ionic radii of Ln3+, indicating that heavier lanthanides form stronger complexes due to the lanthanide contraction effect, which coincides with the trend of the complexing strength obtained by spectroscopic titration. This work not only reveals the thermodynamics and mechanism of the complexation between NTAamide ligands and lanthanides but also obtains the periodic tendency of complexation between them, which may facilitate the separation of trivalent lanthanides from actinides.
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- Xueyu Wang
- College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Heilongjiang University, Harbin 150080, P. R. China
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- Institute of Nuclear Physics and Chemistry, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Mianyang 621999, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, P. R. China
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Johnson K, Driscoll DM, Damron JT, Ivanov AS, Jansone-Popova S. Size Selective Ligand Tug of War Strategy to Separate Rare Earth Elements. JACS AU 2023; 3:584-591. [PMID: 36873676 PMCID: PMC9976341 DOI: 10.1021/jacsau.2c00671] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2022] [Revised: 01/09/2023] [Accepted: 01/13/2023] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Separating rare earth elements is a daunting task due to their similar properties. We report a "tug of war" strategy that employs a lipophilic and hydrophilic ligand with contrasting selectivity, resulting in a magnified separation of target rare earth elements. Specifically, a novel water-soluble bis-lactam-1,10-phenanthroline with an affinity for light lanthanides is coupled with oil-soluble diglycolamide that selectively binds heavy lanthanides. This two-ligand strategy yields a quantitative separation of the lightest (e.g., La-Nd) and heaviest (e.g., Ho-Lu) lanthanides, enabling efficient separation of neighboring lanthanides in-between (e.g., Sm-Dy).
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- Katherine
R. Johnson
- Nuclear
Energy and Fuel Cycle Division, Oak Ridge
National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
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- Chemical
Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
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- Chemical
Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
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- Chemical
Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
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- Chemical
Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
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Peroutka AA, Galley SS, Shafer JC. A multi-faceted approach to probe organic phase composition in TODGA systems with 1-alcohol phase modifiers. RSC Adv 2023; 13:6017-6026. [PMID: 36814872 PMCID: PMC9939940 DOI: 10.1039/d2ra07786h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2022] [Accepted: 02/09/2023] [Indexed: 02/22/2023] Open
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The effect of varying 1-alcohol alkyl chain length on extraction of lanthanides (Lns), H2O, and H+ was studied with tetraoctyl diglycolamide (TODGA) via solvent extraction coupled with FT-IR investigations. This multi-faceted approach provided understanding regarding the relationship between extracted Lns, H2O and H+, 1-alcohol volume fraction, and 1-alcohol alkyl chain length. Under acidic conditions there is competition with 1-alcohols and their ability to solubilize aggregates and incidentally induce third phase formation by increasing the extraction of H2O. At low 1-alcohol concentrations (5 vol%), the trend for 1-alcohol alkyl lengths in solubilizing the aggregates is 1-hexanol > 1-octanol > 1-decanol. Shorter alkyl chains suppress aggregation, ultimately resulting in lower H2O concentrations and less available TODGA to hydrogen bond with H+. Increasing the 1-alcohol concentration to 30 vol% results in the opposite trend, with longer alkyl chains suppressing aggregation. These results suggest this approach is effective at probing trends in the organic phase micro-structure, and indicates trends across the Ln period with various 1-alcohol alkyl chain lengths are a function of outer-sphere coordination.
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- Department of Chemistry, Colorado School of MinesGoldenCOUSA
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Prathibha T, Kumar S, Chandra S, Maji S, Ramanathan N. The Complexation of Lanthanides by Glycolamide Extractants: Evidences from Electronic Spectroscopy and DFT Calculations. Inorganica Chim Acta 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ica.2023.121396] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Chen Y, Ning S, Zhong Y, Li Z, Wang J, Chen L, Yin X, Fujita T, Wei Y. Study on highly efficient separation of zirconium from scandium with TODGA-modified macroporous silica-polymer based resin. Sep Purif Technol 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2022.122499] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Chelating Extractants for Metals. METALS 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/met12081275] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/04/2022]
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In the present review, works on the classes of chelating extractants for metals, compounds with several amide and carboxyl groups, azomethines, oximes, macrocyclic compounds (crown ethers and calixarenes), phenanthroline derivatives, and others are systematized. This review focuses on the efficiency and selectivity of the extractants in the recovery of metals from industrial wastewater, soil, spent raw materials, and the separation of metal mixtures. As a result of this study, it was found that over the past seven years, the largest number of works has been devoted to the extraction of heavy metals with amino acids (16 articles), azomethines and oximes (12 articles), lanthanids with amide compounds (15 articles), lanthanides and actinides with phenanthroline derivatives (7 articles), and noble metals with calixarenes (4 articles). Analysis of the literature showed that amino acids are especially effective for extracting heavy metals from the soil; thiodiglycolamides and aminocalixarenes for extracting noble metals from industrial waste; amide compounds, azomethines, oximes, and phenanthroline derivatives for extracting actinides; amide compounds for extracting lanthanides; crown ethers for extracting radioactive strontium, rhenium and technetium. The most studied parameters of extraction processes in the reviewed articles were the distribution ratios and separation factors. Based on the reviewed articles, it follows that chelate polydentate compounds are more efficient compounds for the extraction of metals from secondary resources compared to monodentate compounds.
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Preparation of ultra-high pure scandium oxide with crude product from titanium white waste acid. J RARE EARTH 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jre.2022.04.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Qiu L, Li J, Zhang W, Gong A, Yuan X, Liu Y. Extraction and Back-Extraction Behaviors of La(III), Ce(III), Pr(III), and Nd(III) Single Rare Earth and Mixed Rare Earth by TODGA. SENSORS 2021; 21:s21248316. [PMID: 34960409 PMCID: PMC8704705 DOI: 10.3390/s21248316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2021] [Revised: 11/28/2021] [Accepted: 12/07/2021] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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N,N,N′,N′-Tetraoctyl diglycolamide (TODGA), as a new extraction agent, is effective for its excellent performance and low environmental hazard, and it is very welcome for the rare earth separation process. In this paper, by controlling the extraction time, diluent type, acid type and its concentration, rare earth concentration, etc., the optimum extraction and back-extraction effects of TODGA on La(III), Ce(III), Pr(III), and Nd(III) and mixed rare earths were obtained. The experiment showed that 0.10 mol·L−1 TODGA had the best extraction effect on single rare earth under the conditions of using petroleum ether as diluent, 5 mol·L−1 nitric acid, 20 min extraction time, and 0.01 mol·L−1 rare earth. In the mixed rare earth extraction, the percentage concentrations of La(III), Ce(III), Pr(III), and Nd(III) could be achieved from 21.7%, 19.9%, 30.8%, and 22.2% at the initial stage to 90.5%, 37%, 51%, and 62% after extraction, respectively, by controlling the number of back-extraction cycles and the concentrations of hydrochloric acid and nitric acid in the back-extraction system. The TODGA–rare earth carrier system showed the best back-extraction effect when the hydrochloric acid concentration was 1 mol·L−1 and the back-extraction time was 20 min. At the same time, the mixed rare earth liquid system with low initial concentration was selected for extraction and separation of mixed rare earth. The separation effect was better, and the recovery rate was higher than that of mixed rare earth liquid system with a high initial concentration.
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- Lina Qiu
- School of Chemistry and Biological Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China; (L.Q.); (J.L.); (X.Y.); (Y.L.)
- Beijing Key Laboratory for Science and Application of Functional Molecular and Crystalline Materials, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China;
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- School of Chemistry and Biological Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China; (L.Q.); (J.L.); (X.Y.); (Y.L.)
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- Beijing Key Laboratory for Science and Application of Functional Molecular and Crystalline Materials, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China;
- Basic Experimental Center for Natural Science, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China
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- School of Chemistry and Biological Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China; (L.Q.); (J.L.); (X.Y.); (Y.L.)
- Beijing Key Laboratory for Science and Application of Functional Molecular and Crystalline Materials, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China;
- Correspondence:
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- School of Chemistry and Biological Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China; (L.Q.); (J.L.); (X.Y.); (Y.L.)
- Beijing Key Laboratory for Science and Application of Functional Molecular and Crystalline Materials, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China;
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- School of Chemistry and Biological Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China; (L.Q.); (J.L.); (X.Y.); (Y.L.)
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Selective removal of Zr(IV) from simulated High-Level liquid waste of metallic fuel reprocessing using hydroxyacetamide Extractant: Insights from solvent extraction and density functional theory computations. Polyhedron 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.poly.2021.115410] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Mowafy EA, Alshammari A, Mohamed D. Extraction Behaviors of Critical Rare Earth Elements with Novel Structurally Tailored Unsymmetrical Diglycolamides from Acidic Media. SOLVENT EXTRACTION AND ION EXCHANGE 2021. [DOI: 10.1080/07366299.2021.1925002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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- E. A. Mowafy
- Hot Labs. Center, Atomic Energy Authority, Cairo, Egypt
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- Faculty of Science, University of Hail, Hail, Saudi Arabia
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- Basic Science Department, University of Hail, Hail, Saudi Arabia
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Kajan I, Florianová M, Ekberg C, Matyskin AV. Effect of diluent on the extraction of europium(iii) and americium(iii) with N,N,N′,N′-tetraoctyl diglycolamide (TODGA). RSC Adv 2021; 11:36707-36718. [PMID: 35494375 PMCID: PMC9043636 DOI: 10.1039/d1ra07534a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2021] [Accepted: 11/08/2021] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Solvent extraction of Eu3+ and Am3+via N,N,N′,N'-tetraoctyl diglycolamide (TODGA) dissolved in different molecular diluents was studied. The diluent types used in this work were primary and secondary alcohols, secondary ketones and alkanes. Effects of concentration of extracting agent, temperature, diluent type and its carbon chain length on the extractions were determined. Distribution ratios of Eu3+ and Am3+ showed high dependence on the diluent type as well as the carbon chain length within the same type of diluent. The highest distribution ratios for both Eu3+ and Am3+ as well as the separation factors of Eu3+ over Am3+ were observed in the alkane diluents. Unexpectedly high distribution ratios for Eu3+ and Am3+ were observed in polar diluents with 5 carbon atoms in the chain, clearly standing out against the general trends. It was found that Eu3+ and Am3+ extraction via TODGA is enthalpy driven in all the studied diluents and that extraction is more exothermic in alkane diluents. Analysis of the stoichiometry of the extracted complexes shows that the average ligand number of TODGA molecules in the extracted complex is lower for Am3+ compared to Eu3+ except for with alkane diluents. Solvent extraction of Eu3+ and Am3+via N,N,N′,N'-tetraoctyl diglycolamide (TODGA) dissolved in different molecular diluents was studied.![]()
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- Ivan Kajan
- Laboratory of Radiochemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute, 5232 Villigen, Switzerland
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- Department of Nuclear Chemistry, Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Czech Technical University, Brehova 7, 11519 Prague 1, Czech Republic
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- Nuclear Chemistry and Industrial Material Recycling Group, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, 41296 Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Nuclear Chemistry and Industrial Material Recycling Group, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, 41296 Gothenburg, Sweden
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