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Extraction of Polonium from Aqueous α-Hydroxyisobutyric Acid Solutions Using Dioctyl Sulphide, Cyanex 272, Cyanex 301 or Cyanex 302 in Toluene

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A study of the extraction of polonium from aqueous solutions containing α-hydroxyisobutyric acid (α-HIBA) was performed with four different extractants, di-n-octyl sulphide (DOS), Cyanex 272, Cyanex 301 and Cyanex 302, dissolved in toluene. The extracted complex for DOS at low α-HIBA concentrations is most likely PoO(α-HIB)2·2DOS, while at higher α-HIBA concentrations there seems to be a solvating effect implicating an extracted complex of the type PoO(α-HIB)2(α-HIBA)2·2DOS. For the extraction of polonium with Cyanex 272 the results are inconclusive. The extracted complex is either PoOA2 or PoO(α-HIB)2·2HA. For extraction with Cyanex 301 or Cyanex 302 the major extracted species does not contain any α-HIBA molecules. The neutral species in both cases is PoOA2, extracted at low extractant concentrations, while at higher extractant concentrations a complex of the type PoOA2·xHA is extracted. The extraction of polonium increases in the order Cyanex 272 < DOS < Cyanex 302 < Cyanex 301.

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  1. Department of Chemistry, University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1033, Blindern, N-0315, Oslo, Norway

    M. Johansson

  2. Department of Nuclear Chemistry, Chalmers University of Technology, S-412 96, Göteborg, Sweden

    R. Malmbeck & G. Skarnemark

  3. Interfaculty Reactor Institute, Delft University of Technology, NL-2629, Delft, The Netherlands

    B. Wierczinski

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Johansson, M., Malmbeck, R., Wierczinski, B. et al. Extraction of Polonium from Aqueous α-Hydroxyisobutyric Acid Solutions Using Dioctyl Sulphide, Cyanex 272, Cyanex 301 or Cyanex 302 in Toluene. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry 250, 437–443 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1017932602308

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