Carrier-Free Separation of the Individual Rare Earth Radionuclides from Fission Product Mixtures

Abstract

A procedure based on solvent extraction with diethylhexylphosphoric acid was tested for the quantitative carrier-free separation of yttrium and the rare earth group elements from other fission products. This procedure is simpler and more rapid than the previously used cation exchange resin separations of rare earths from alkali metals and alkaline earths. Subsequent quantitative carrier-free isolation of individual rare earth fission products was accomplished by their elution from cation exchange resin with alpha-hydroxyisobutyric acid at room temperature.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 05, 1963
Accession Number
AD0429298

Entities

People

  • L. Wish
  • S. C. Foti

Organizations

  • Naval Radiological Defense Laboratory

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Biological Sciences
  • Chemistry
  • Decontamination
  • Elements
  • Extraction
  • Fission Products
  • Flow Rate
  • Gadolinium
  • Hydrochloric Acid
  • Ion Exchange
  • Military Research
  • Neutron Bombardment
  • Promethium
  • Rare Earth Elements
  • Reservoirs
  • Solvent Extraction
  • Standards

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