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A. Vasilescu-Saidel Institute for Physics and Nuclear Engineering P.O. Box MG-6 R-76900 Bucharest-Magurele (Romania)

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C. Turcanu Institute for Physics and Nuclear Engineering P.O. Box MG-6 R-76900 Bucharest-Magurele (Romania)

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Abstract  

The formation of the mixed complex UO2(TOPO)(TBP)(NO3)2 is reported by31P-NMR spectroscopy for the first time. The extraction of the uranyl nitrate by a TBP and TOPO mixture was simulated in a NMR vial and monitored in situ. The equilibrium constant values of the processes in which the mixed complex is involved, i.e.:KR, for the redistribution of TBP and TOPO ligands between their uranyl complexes,KM, for the formation from consititutive molecules,Ks, for the substitution of the uranyl coordinated TBP by TOPO are determined. The redistribution constant,Kr at 25°C (4.43±0.5) and the changes of the thermodynamic variables H (0.59±0.14 kcal/mol). S (5.04±0.51 cal/mol·degree) have values close to the statistical values, suggesting a random nature of this process. TheKS value (4.5·103) reveals the much greater affinity for uranium(VI) of TOPO relative to TBP.

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Journal of Radionalytical and Nuclear Chemistry
Language English
Size A4
Year of
Foundation
1968
Volumes
per Year
1
Issues
per Year
12
Founder Akadémiai Kiadó
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Address
H-1117 Budapest, Hungary 1516 Budapest, PO Box 245.
Publisher Akadémiai Kiadó
Springer Nature Switzerland AG
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Address
H-1117 Budapest, Hungary 1516 Budapest, PO Box 245.
CH-6330 Cham, Switzerland Gewerbestrasse 11.
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Publisher
Chief Executive Officer, Akadémiai Kiadó
ISSN 0236-5731 (Print)
ISSN 1588-2780 (Online)