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Development of the Chalmers Grouped Actinide Extraction Process

Nukleonika
Volume 60 (2015): Issue 4 (December 2015)
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/nuka-2015-0115 | Journal eISSN: 1508-5791 | Journal ISSN: 0029-5922
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Language: English
Page range: 829 - 835
Submitted on: Jun 25, 2015
Accepted on: Aug 21, 2015
Published on: Dec 30, 2015
Published by: Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology
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Keywords:
BTBP-ligands,
DEHBA,
GANEX,
organic diluents,
TBP,
solvent extraction
Related subjects:
Chemistry,
Nuclear chemistry,
Physics,
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