Published February 2001 | Version v1
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Separation of palladium from simulated intermediate radioactive waste/chloroacetic acid/nitrate medium by IRA-410 and IRA-900 anion exchangers

  • 1. Atomic Energy Authority, Cairo (Egypt). Hot Laboratories Centre

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Separation of palladium by strongly basic anion exchangers IRA-110 and IRA-900 from intermediate radioactive liquid waste in chloroacetic acid/nitrate medium containing thirteen elements have been achieved. Different conditions have been studied, the effect of NaNO3 as salt content, chloroacetic acid and hydrogen ion concentration have been investigated. Selective recovery of palladium from the [ILLW] solution was achieved using the column technique. The selectivity increased by using chloroacetic acid/nitrate than in nitrate medium. The elution of palladium was carried out via reduction with formic acid where the rate of the reduction process was increased by decreasing the formic acid concentration till 50% followed by dissolving the separated palladium by nitric acid. (author)

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Journal Title
Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry
Journal Volume
251
Journal Issue
2
Journal Page Range
p. 285-292
ISSN
0236-5731
CODEN
JRNCDM

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