Abstract:
The effect of the acidity in aqueous phase, phase-ratio, times of extraction and concentration of extractant on the extraction of Pu(Ⅳ) and Am(Ⅲ) from nitric acid solution by 1-phenyl-3-methyl-4-benzoylpyrazolone-5(PMBP) in organic solution were studied. The results show that the optimum conditions of Pu and Am separation are summed up as 2 mol/L of nitric acid solution, 1∶1 of phaseproportion, 0.1 mol/L PMBP-dimethylbenzene, a single extraction and a single washing. The separation factor between Pu and Am(SF(Pu/Am)) is about 10
6. The relative deviation for determination of Am is no more than 8% when
C (Pu)/
C (Am) is no less than 10
6.