Abstract
The extraction of uranium(VI) by triisoamyl phosphate (TiAP) has been studied to derive the thermodynamic parameters such as entropy change and the free-energy change. The extraction of U(VI) and Pu(IV) has also been studied with 1.1 M solutions of tri-n-butyl phosphate (TBP), tri-n-amyl phosphate (TAP), and TiAP as a function of temperature. While the enthalpy of U(VI) extraction was found to be exothermic, the enthalpy for the extraction of Pu(IV) was always found to be endothermic. The temperature at which the distribution ratios of U(VI) and Pu(IV) cross each other (the temperature of inversion) has been derived for TBP, TAP, and TiAP, and the results reveal the lowest temperature of inversion occurs for TiAP. The results indicate the advantage of TiAP as an extractant in avoiding plutonium reflux during the PUREX process involving high plutonium feed solutions, in addition to lower aqueous solubility, freedom from the third-phase formation problem, lower degradation, and better economics.
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