Separation of trace rare earths and other metals from uranium by liquid-liquid extraction with quantitation by inductively-coupled plasma/mass spectrometry

Autor: Robert S. Houk, Joseph J. Thompson, James S. Fritz, Margo D. Palmieri
Rok vydání: 1986
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Zdroj: Analytica Chimica Acta. 184:187-196
ISSN: 0003-2670
DOI: 10.1016/s0003-2670(00)86481-8
Popis: N,N-Dihexylacetamide in toluene was used to extract uranium selectively from an aqueous phase containing 30 elements at 10 or 100 μg l−1 concentrations. After three extractions, the uranium level fell from 119 000 mg l−1 (0.5 M) to less than 3 mg l−1. An inductively-coupled plasma/mass spectrometer (i.c.p./m.s.) was used to determine recoveries of the trace elements in the aqueous phase, which, in most cases, were in the range 90–110%. This combination of liquid-liquid extraction with i.c.p./m.s. offers determinations at the 10 ng g−1 level in uranium for most of the elements studied.
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