Abstract
A thermodynamic model has been developed to describe the extraction of uranium (VI) from 5.3molL−1 phosphoric acid (a typical concentration encountered in wet phosphoric acid) by mixtures of bis-(2-ethylhexyl)-phosphoric acid (D2EHPA, also denoted hereafter HL) and tri-n-octylphosphine oxide (TOPO). A good agreement between experimental and calculated distribution coefficients of uranium (VI) was obtained by taking into account the following species in the organic phase: (HL)2TOPO, (HL)5TOPO, (HL)2(TOPO)2, UO2(HL2)2, UO2(HL2)2TOPO, and UO2L2TOPO where L is the deprotonated form of D2EHPA (HL). The speciation of uranyl, TOPO and D2EHPA in the organic phase was derived from this model as a function of the concentrations of the latter species.
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