S. Nagasaki et al., 3RD PHASE-FORMATION IN NITRIC-ACID EXTRACTION BY YL(PHENYL)-N,N-DIISOBUTYLCARBAMOYL-METHYLPHOSPHINE OXIDE, Solvent extraction and ion exchange, 12(2), 1994, pp. 459-473
The third phase formation was studied as a function of tyl(phenyl)-N,N
-diisobutylcarbamoylmethylphosphine oxide (CMPO) and tri-n-butyl phosp
hate (TBP) concentrations and temperature in the extraction of nitric
acid. The concentration fractions of CMPO and TBP in the second and th
e third phases were determined by gas chromatography. Both CMPO and TB
P were found to be enriched in the third phase. The concentrations of
nitric acid in the second and the third phases relatively agreed with
the calculated concentrations based on the extraction equilibrium cons
tants of nitric acid by CMPO and TBP. The extraction of Np with the th
ird phase formation was also discussed.