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The extraction behavior of Eu(III) has been studied using di(2,4,4-trimethylpentyl)phosphinic acid (DTMPPA, HA) in kerosene. Europium was extracted as Eu(HA2)3 with the extraction constant of 2.0·10–3. This extraction system was applied to the transport of Eu(III) across a DTMPPA liquid membrane supported on porous polytetrafluoroethylene. Europium was quantitatively moved through the liquid membrane containing 0.1M (HA)2 as a mobile carrier from the feed solution of pH above 3 into the product solution of 0.1M HNO3, yielding a concentration factor of ten. The transport rate increased with increasing pH and DTMPPA concentration.
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Radiation effects on the extraction of americium(III) with several dialkylphosphoric and monoalkylphosphoric acids have been studied comparatively. The extractants were exposed to60Co γ-rays in the absence and presence of diluent and HNO3. The Df of Am(III) was measured and the yield of radiolytic products was determined after γ-irradiation as a function of the absorbed dose. Di(hexoxyethyl)phosphoric acid was the most susceptible to radiation among the extractants studied and its extractability was weakened by radiation regardless of the presence or absence of diluent or HNO3. Diisodecylphosphoric acid itself showed an enhancement upon irradiation but incurred a depressant effect upon intimate contact with HNO3·Mono(2-ethylhexyl)phosphoric acid showed a decrease of the Df of Am(III), similarly to DIDPA in the presence of HNO3 during γ-irradiation. All the above extractants gave H3PO4 as the principal radiolytic product upon γ-irradiation upon intimate contact with HNO3 causing decreasing solely the extraction of Am(III). Di(2-ethylhexyl)phosphoric acid proved to be the most stable extractant to radiation among those studied.
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Adsorption of carrier-free radiotracers 181W and 93mMo produced in the 181Ta(p, n) and natNb(p, n) reactions, respectively, on anion-exchange resin was studied in mixed solution of HF and HNO3 in a concentration range of 10−4–10−1 M HF/0.1 M HNO3. Distribution coefficients (K d) of 181W and 93mMo at 70 °C showed the V-shaped variation with the minimum at around 10−1 M HF/0.1 M HNO3, although variation of the K d values for 93mMo was quite small compared with that for 181W. Formation of oxofluoro complexes for W and Mo is briefly discussed.
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Radiopolarographic reduction of Ac(III) was investigated in aqueous solutions. It was found that a very large shift of the half-wave potential was induced by the addition of 1, 4, 7, 10, 13, 16-hexaoxacyclooctadecane (18-CROWN-6) to the aqueous solution. The shift was explained by complex formation of Ac(II) with 18-CROWN-6. The ionic radius and the electronic configuration of Ac2+ were determined to be 1.25 Å and [Rn] 6d1.
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The time-differential perturbed angular correlation (TDPAC) method was applied to a study on the behavior of 140Ce atoms implanted in highly oriented pyrolytic graphite (HOPG). Exponential-type gradual attenuation of the directional anisotropy of the relevant γ-ray cascade was observed in the perturbation patterns. From temperature dependence of the relaxation rate, a thermally activated dynamic motion of the probe atoms was suggested.
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The size distributions of 38Cl, 39Cl, 82Br and 84Br aerosols generated by irradiations of argon and krypton gases containing di-octyl phthalate (DOP) aerosols with 45 MeV and 65 MeV quasi-monoenergetic neutrons were measured in order to study the formation mechanism of radioactive particles in high energy radiation fields. The effects of the size distribution of the radioactive aerosols on the size of the added DOP aerosols, the energy of the neutrons and the kinds of nuclides were studied. The observed size distributions of the radioactive particles were explained by attachment of the radioactive atoms generated by the neutron-induced reactions to the DOP aerosols.
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The fundamental properties of tertiary pyridine resin (TPR) and its mixtures with methanol/HCl and HNO3 were investigated in order to evaluate the thermal stability of TPR and to determine the conditions necessary to avoid runaway reactions. Based on experimental DSC results, it was found that TPR with HCl was thermally stable, but strong decomposition was possible with TPR in the presence of HNO3. From the results of heating tests on the gram scale, TPR with HNO3 reacted violently under high temperature regardless of HNO3 concentration and presence or absence of methanol. However, it was considered that the violent exothermic reaction could be controlled by heating temperature.
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A new 19F probe disintegrated from short-lived 19O has been developed for the first time for time-differential perturbed angular correlation method. The angular correlation coefficient for the relevant cascade has been experimentally estimated to be A22 = -0.17±0.01. As the first application of this technique to condensed matter physics, the probe was implanted in polycrystalline fullerene C60. We have observed two contrastive perturbations acting on the probe nuclei, which reflect electrostatic and dynamic interactions with the extranuclear field.
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The separation of Am and Cm by using the tertiary pyridine resin embedded in silica beads was studied in nitric acid/methanol mixed solvent system. This separation system of Am and Cm is very simple and easy. The adsorption and separation behaviors of Am and Cm were investigated with changing the nitric acid and the methanol concentrations. It was confirmed that Am can be almost completely separated from Cm.
