Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 2017, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (8): 1324.doi: 10.7503/cjcu20170027

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Extraction of Am(Ⅲ) and Eu(Ⅲ) from Nitric Acid Solution with the Pyridylpyrazole Based Ligand C8-BPP

HU Xiaoyang1, SU Dongping1,2, LI Shimeng1, WANG Zhipeng1, ZHANG Lirong1, LIU Ying1, SONG Lianjun1, CHEN Zhili1, DING Songdong1   

  1. 1. College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, China;
    2. Nuclear Power Institute of China, Chengdu 610005, China
  • Received:2017-01-13 Revised:2017-07-05 Online:2017-08-10 Published:2017-07-05
  • Supported by:

    Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.11675115, 91426302, 91126016).

Abstract:

Pyridylpyrazole based ligand 2,6-bis[5-(n-octyl)-1H-pyrazol-3-yl] pyridine(C8-BPP) was synthesized and characterized by means of mass spectrometry(MS), nuclear magnetic resonance(NMR) spectrometry, and Fourier transform infrared spectrometry(FTIR). In the presence of 2-bromohexanoic acid, using n-dodecane as diluent, the extraction behaviors of Am3+ and Eu3+ with C8-BPP were investigated. Influences of diluent, contact time, acidity and the ligand concentration on the extraction of Am3+ and Eu3+ were evaluated in HNO3 solution. The distribution ratio values of Am3+ and Eu3+ decreased with increasing HNO3 concentration from 0.2 to 1.0 mol/L, and increased with increasing ligand concentration from 0.01 to 0.1 mol/L. With the increase of acidity, the separation factors(SFAm/Eu) increased firstly and then decreased. The maximum value of SFAm/Eu can reach 55 at 0.5 mol/L HNO3. Meanwhile, SFAm/Eu values decreased slowly with increasing the ligand concentration but all the SFAm/Eu values were above 40. The extraction results also showed that C8-BPP exhibited good selective extraction ability for Am3+ over RE3+. Moreover, slope analyses indicated the formation of 1:1 complexes of C8-BPP with Am3+ and Eu3+, separately. Besides, the complexation behaviors of C8-BPP with Eu3+ were also investigated by means of UV-Vis spectrometry titration, electrospray ionization mass spectrometry(ESI-MS), FTIR, Raman spectrometry and time-resolved laser-induced fluorescence spectroscopy(TRLFS). The composition and stability constant(lgK) of the complex of C8-BPP with Eu3+ were also obtained.

Key words: Pyridylpyrazole based ligand, Solvent extraction, Americium, Europium, Separation

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