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Gamma radiolytic stability of CyMe4BTBP and the effect of nitric acid

Nukleonika
Volume 60 (2015): Issue 4 (December 2015)
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/nuka-2015-0156 | Journal eISSN: 1508-5791 | Journal ISSN: 0029-5922
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Language: English
Page range: 879 - 884
Submitted on: Jun 23, 2015
Accepted on: Sep 15, 2015
Published on: Dec 30, 2015
Published by: Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
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Keywords:
CyMe4BTBP,
gamma radiolysis,
liquid-liquid extraction,
nitric acid,
partitioning,
protective effect
Related subjects:
Chemistry,
Nuclear chemistry,
Physics,
Astronomy and astrophysics,
Physics, other

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