Author : Nicolas Edwin F. Uhnak
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (969 download)
Book Synopsis Aqueous Pyridine Ligands for Actinide Lanthanide Separations by : Nicolas Edwin F. Uhnak
Download or read book Aqueous Pyridine Ligands for Actinide Lanthanide Separations written by Nicolas Edwin F. Uhnak and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aromatic nitrogen donor (pyridine based) ligands have shown improved binding and dissociation kinetics over their aliphatic counterparts, and competitive complexation strength that make them a suitable replacement for traditional PAPC ligands in TALSPEAK and TALSPEAK-like extraction systems. To this end new pyridine and bipyridine based ligands have been synthesized to be used as actinide selective complexants when paired with a TALSPEAK or TALSPEAK-like solvent. Aqueous solubility limitations inherent to pyridine based ligands have been overcome by the addition of solubilizing functional groups such as 1-methylpiperazine, and iminodiacetic acid. Newly synthesized pyridine ligands have been characterized and evaluated in TALSPEAK or TALSPEAK-like combined extractant systems TALSPEAK-MME (Mixed Monofunctional Extractant) and ALSEP (Actinide Lanthanide SEParation) using radiotracer and stable metal solvent extraction studies. The findings of these studies and their implications to MA/Ln separation techniques are discussed in this dissertation.