Cs Extraction from Chloride Media by Calixarene Crown-Ethers

Autor: Marie Simonnet, Thomas Sittel, Patrik Weßling, Andreas Geist
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Energies, Vol 15, Iss 20, p 7724 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1996-1073
DOI: 10.3390/en15207724
Popis: Asse II salt mine, in Germany, contains low and intermediate-level radioactive waste that must be retrieved in the upcoming years. Potentially contaminated salts and brines will require treatment, with 137Cs being the main contaminant. Cs+ is problematic to selectively recover due to its chemical similarity with Na+ and K+ which are present in high quantities in a salt mine. This paper offers a novel solution for Cs+ separation from concentrated chloride salt media by solvent extraction with calixarene-crown-ether extractants in an alcoholic diluent. The proposed solvent extracts Cs+ at elevated chloride concentrations (3–4 M) while back-extraction is achieved by contacting the solvent with dilute (0.01 M) hydrochloric acid.
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