A. Kumar, LIQUID-LIQUID-EXTRACTION OF TRIVALENT LANTHANIDES FROM NITRIC-ACID BYRCAPTO-4,4,6-TRIMETHYL-(1H,4H)-PYRIMIDINE-1-ACETIC ACID, INDIAN JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY, 4(1), 1997, pp. 57-58
A new method for the extraction and spectrophotometric determination o
f La(III), Pr(lII), Nd(III), Sm(III), Gd(III) and Tb(III) from dilute
aqueous nitrate media by 2-mercapto-4, 4, 6-trimethyl-(1H, 4H)-pyrimid
ine-1-acetic acid (MTPAcH) has been developed. Various polar organic s
olvents have been examined. Maximum enhancement is observed in the pre
sence of 40% acetonitrile. Very poor extractability necessitated the u
se of calcium nitrate as the salting out agent.