Support Loading Effect on Extraction Chromatography Separation of Ytterbium and Lutetium Using 2-Ethylhexylphosphonic Acid Mono-2-ethylhexyl Ester Based Sorbent
K. S. Bobrovskaya, R. A. Kuznetsov, M. N. Lisova, A. N. Fomin
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Abstract
The effect of the extractant content on the efficiency of ytterbium and lutetium separation from nitric acid solutions was studied for a sorbent made by impregnating Prefilter resin with 2-ethylhexylphosphonic acid mono-2-ethylhexyl ester. It is shown that the distribution ratios of Yb and Lu and their retention coefficients in the column increase as the extractant content increases. At the nitric acid concentration of 1.5 M, the effective separation of Yb and Lu is provided by the sorbent containing at least 40 wt % extractant. When separating equal amounts of Yb and Lu (0.5 mg each) in a column with 10 cm3 of sorbent at an elution rate of 1 mL/min and a temperature of 50°C, the yield of lutetium in the purified fraction exceeds 85%, providing Yb relative content in the Lu fraction less than 0.14% (1 atom of Yb per 700 atoms of Lu).
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Radiochemistry is a journal that covers the theoretical and applied aspects of radiochemistry, including basic nuclear physical properties of radionuclides; chemistry of radioactive elements and their compounds; the occurrence and behavior of natural and artificial radionuclides in the environment; nuclear fuel cycle; radiochemical analysis methods and devices; production and isolation of radionuclides, synthesis of labeled compounds, new applications of radioactive tracers; radiochemical aspects of nuclear medicine; radiation chemistry and after-effects of nuclear transformations.