Recent Progress in Actinides Separation Chemistry

The Table of Contents for the book is as follows:

• Preface

• Part I NEW SOLVENT EXTRACTION SYSTEMS AND EXTRACTANTS

  • Main Regularities in Extraction of Actinides by Bidentate Neutral Organophosphorus Compounds.

  • Effects of Hydrophobic Bulky Anion on the Extraction with Bidentate Extractants and Separation with Soft Donor for Transplutonides (III) and Lanthanides (III).

  • Nitrous Acid-Catalyzed Oxidation of Neptunium in Nitric Acid-TBP Extraction System.

  • Actinide Partitioning by DIDPA Extraction.

  • Synergistic Extraction of Actinides (III) and Lanthanides (III) with Thenoyltrifluoroacetone and Crown Ethers.

  • Role of Acidic Extractants in the Selective Extraction of Light Lanthanides (III) with 18-Crown-6.

  • Separation of Lanthanides and Actinides with Ionizable Crown Ethers.

  • New Synthetic Approaches to Metal-Selective “Armed Crown Ether” Reagents: Computer-aided Design, High Pressure Synthesis and Their Perspectives in Lanthanide Chemistry.

  • Selectivity in the Extraction of Metal Ions with Alkylated 8-Quinolinol Derivatives.

  • Synthesis and their Properties of Novel Amide Compounds for Metal Ion-Separation.

• Part II FUNDAMENTAL SOLUTION CHEMISTRY IN SOLVENT EXTRACTION — NOVEL APPROACH

  • Use of Physical Chemical Methods to Study Solvent Extraction Systems.

  • Hydration Studies of Lanthanide (III) and Actinide (III) Ions by Laser-induced Fluorescence Spectroscopy (LIF).

  • An Extended X-ray Absorption Fine Structure Study of Lanthanide (III) Aqua and Polyaminopolycarboxylate Complexes in Aqueous Solution.

  • Structural Studies on Lanthanide (III) Complexes with Diphosphine Dioxide (DPDO) by NMR Spectroscopy.

• Part III NEW PRINCIPLE FOR THE SEPARATION OF ACTINIDES AND LANTHANIDES

  • Selective Separations of Metal Ions via Centrifugal Partition Chromatography.

  • Separation of Transplutonium Elements by Oxidation-Extraction Methods and Separation of Actinides and Lanthanides by Partition Countercurrent Chromatography.

  • Supercritica1 Fluid Extraction of Lanthanides and Actinides.

  • Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Fluid Extraction of Uranium and Fission Product Elements in Nitric Acid Solution with Tributylphosphate.