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Evidence is obtained to show that the liquidliquid extraction separation of99mTc from99Mo with methyl ethyl ketone, methyl propyl ketone and methyl isobutyl ketone can be transformed into a solid-phase column extraction procedure. The aqueous alkaline99molybdate solution is immobilized on a column of a granular large-pore diatomaceous earch support, which is the neluted with the abovementioned extractants. Rapid and clean separation of99mTc can be with all three solvents. The99mTc can be back-extracted from the organic phase on a column filled with distilled water /or saline/ loaded granular diatomaceous earth /Extrelut®/. The possibility of using the abovementioned procedure as a basis for a new99mTc/99Mo generator concept is envisaged.

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A highly precise and accurate method for the determination of minor amounts of iron by substoichiometric isotope dilution analysis is described. The constant amount of Fe(III) is substoichiometrically extracted with 2·10−4M oxine in chloroform from the aqueous phase of pH 9.2–10.0 containing 6·10−3M tartrate. The interfering ions such as Mn(II), Co(II), Ni(II), Cu(II), and Zn(II), can be removed by the preliminary extraction of Fe(III) from 7.5M hydrochloric acid solutions into isopropyl ether. The present method has been applied to the determination of iron in biological standard reference materials, i.e., the NBS Spinach (SRM-1570) and the NIES Pepperbush (SRM No. 1), and the results obtained are 548±9 ppm (NBS certified value: 550±20 ppm) and 193±4 ppm, respectively.

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Effect of 3,5-dichlorophenol (DCP) on the extraction of Fe(III) with acetylacetone (Hacac) in nonpolar organic solvents has been studied. It is found that a mixture of Hacac and DCP in heptane gives much higher extraction of Fe(III) than Hacac alone. Such novel enhancement effect is ascribable to the association of tris(acetylacetonato)iron(III) [Fe(acac)3] with DCP in the organic phase by hydrogen bonding. Association of Hacac with DCP has also been investigated and the intrinsic extraction equilibrium of Fe(III) is analyzed by using the equilibrium concentration of free Hacac and DCP. The association complexes are found to be Fe(acac)3 · n DCP (n=1, 2, 3) in heptane, and the overall association constants ( ass, n) are determined to be log ass, 1 = 3.41, log ass, 2, = 5.97 and log ass, 3, = 7.50.

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Extracton, of Am3+ in benzene with 2-thenoyltrifluoroacetone (HTTA) and crown ethers (CEs) such as 15-crown-5, 18-crown-6, dicyclohexano-18-crown-6, dibenzo-18-crown-6, dicyclohexano-24-crown-8, and dibenzo-24-crown-8 was investigated. Synergistic effect by CE was observed regardless of the kind of CE examined. The extracted species was found to be Am(TTA)3(CE), and adduct formation constants between Am(TTA)3 and CE in the organic phase were determined. The sequence of constant could not be explained only by basicity of CE and the steric effect of CE should be taken into account to elucidate the adduct complex formation.

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A highly sensitive separation procedure has been developed to investigate uranium and thorium activities and their isotopic ratios in environmental water samples in Tokushima, Japan. Uranium and thorium isotopes in environmental water samples were simultaneously isolated from interfering elements with extraction chromatography using an Eichrom UTEVA™ resin column. After the chemical separation, activities of U and Th isotopes coprecipitated with samarium fluoride (SmF3) were measured by α-spectrometry. It has been confirmed that uranium isotopes are isolated successfully from thorium decay chains by analyzing a test aqueous solution as a simulation of an environmental water sample. The separation procedure has been first applicable to the determination of U and Th activities and their isotopic ratios in a drinking well water named “Kurashimizu” in Tokushima City, Japan. The specific activities of 238U and 232Th in “Kurashimizu” were deduced to be within the upper limits of <0.31 and <0.19 mBq/l, respectively.

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A novel analytical method, the substoichiometric isotope dilution mass spectrometry (SIDMS) has been proposed. This method consists of the substoichiometric separation of the element in question and the subsequent intensity measurement of a stable isotope of the element with a mass spectrometer. In SIDMS, the correction of the mass discrimination of isotope measurement is not necessary and the use of expensive enriched stable isotopes may be avoided. The validity and the usefulness of SIDMS are demonstrated by the substoichiometric extraction of iron(III) with 4-isopropyltropolone and 3,5-dichlorophenol following microwave-induced plasma mass spectrometry.

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