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[en] Due to their attractive properties such as negligible vapor pressure, non-flammability and large electrochemical window, Ionic Liquids are considered to be good substitutes to volatile organic compounds and have been main topic of many research studies for different applications including solvent extraction, which is one of the widely used techniques in hydrometallurgy. Despite a large number of reported mechanistic studies, effect of such diluents on both of extracting agents' capacity and self-assembling feature has not been elucidated so far and even less concerning uranium extraction from a leachate produced by ore leaching. In this context, main focus of the present thesis has been uranium extraction from i) phosphate media and ii) sulfate media by using ionic liquid as a diluent of an extracting phase. First of all, a screening test of different ionic liquids has been performed with the reference extracting agents (HDEHP/TOPO mixture for extraction from phosphate media and trioctylamine from sulfate media) as well as with amido-phosphonate and amino-phosphine oxide bifunctional compounds. Then, uranium extraction mechanisms in a selected ionic liquid with these extractants have been investigated at molecular and supramolecular scales. As an analogy to the Critical Micellar Concentration which is related to the Gibbs free energy of Micellization in a case of surfactants, a Critical Aggregation Concentration has been determined by using results obtained by Small-Angle X ray, Neutron Scattering techniques and interfacial tension measurements. Finally, the results obtained in the ionic liquid have been compared to those obtained in a conventional molecular diluent. (author)
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En raison de leurs proprietes interessantes telles que faible tension de vapeur, non-inflammabilite et grande fenetre electrochimique, les Liquides Ioniques sont consideres comme alternatifs aux solvants organiques volatils et font l'objet d'etudes dans diverses applications comme par exemple en extraction liquide-liquide qui est l'une des techniques de separation la plus utilisee en hydrometallurgie. L'influence de ces nouveaux diluants sur les proprietes d'agregation des molecules extractantes et sur leurs proprietes extractantes n'a jusqu'a aujourd'hui pas ete apprehendee de facon generale, et encore moins, quant a l'extraction de l'uranium d'un lixiviat acide. Les travaux de cette these se focalisent donc sur l'etude de l'effet de l'agregation des extractants usuels (melange synergique HDEHP/TOPO et trioctylamine respectivement) et des nouveaux composes bifonctionnels issus des familles amidophosphonates et oxyde d'aminophosphines sur l'extraction de l'uranium i) des milieux phosphates et ii) des milieux sulfates. Les proprietes extractantes ont pour la premiere fois ete comparees a leurs proprietes d'agregation dans un liquide ionique selectionne, par des mesures de diffusion des rayons X et des neutrons aux petits angles. Ces donnees en complement des mesures de tension de surface ont permis de determiner pour chaque systeme, la Concentration d'Agregation Critique, analogue de la Concentration de Micellisation Critique pour les tensioactifs, qui est reliee a l'energie libre de micellisation. Les mecanismes d'extraction ainsi que la nature des especes extraites ont egalement ete recherches afin de comparer les resultats du milieu liquide ionique a ceux du milieu classique. (auteur)Original Title
Approche multi-echelle pour la comprehension de mecanismes d'extraction de l'uranium en utilisant des liquides ioniques
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12 Jul 2018; 244 p; 195 refs.; Available from the INIS Liaison Officer for France, see the INIS website for current contact and E-mail addresses; Chimie Separative, Materiaux et Procedes
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