% IMPORTANT: The following is UTF-8 encoded. This means that in the presence % of non-ASCII characters, it will not work with BibTeX 0.99 or older. % Instead, you should use an up-to-date BibTeX implementation like “bibtex8” or % “biber”. @ARTICLE{Modolo:9815, author = {Modolo, G. and Kluxen, P. and Geist, A.}, title = {{D}emonstration of the {LUCA} process for the separation of americium({III}) from curium({III}), californium({III}), and lanthanides({III}) in acidic solution using a synergistic mixture of bis(chlorophenyl)dithiophosphinic acid and tris(2-ethylhexyl)phosphate}, journal = {Radiochimica acta}, volume = {98}, issn = {0033-8230}, address = {München}, publisher = {Oldenbourg}, reportid = {PreJuSER-9815}, pages = {193 - 201}, year = {2010}, note = {Financial support for this research was provided by the European Commission (project ACSEPT No. 211267).}, abstract = {The LUCA process was developed at Forschungszentrum Julich for the selective separation of Am(III) from an acidic solution containing the trivalent actinides Am(III). Cm(III), and Cf(III) as well as lanthanides. A mixture of 0.4 mol/L bis(chlorophenyl)dithiophosphinic acid and 0.15 mol/L tris(2-ethylhexyl)phosphate dissolved in $20\%$ $isooctane/80\%$ tert-butyl benzene was used as the extractant. The process was carried out in centrifugal contactors using an optimized flowsheet involving 7 stages for extraction, 9 stages for scrubbing and 8 stages for back-extraction. Very encouraging results were obtained. A high feed decontamination factor was obtained for Am(III) (> 1000), and recovery in the product after stripping was higher than $99.8\%.$ The Am(III) product was contaminated with $0.47\%$ Cm(III). More than $99.9\%$ Cf(III), Eu(III) and > $99.5\%$ Cm(III) inventories were directed to the raffinate and the contamination with Am(III) (< $0.08\%)$ was low. The experimental results were in good agreement with the predictions of a computer code.}, keywords = {J (WoSType)}, cin = {IEF-6}, ddc = {540}, cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)VDB814}, pnm = {Nukleare Sicherheitsforschung / ACSEPT - Actinide reCycling by SEParation and Transmutation (211267)}, pid = {G:(DE-Juel1)FUEK404 / G:(EU-Grant)211267}, shelfmark = {Chemistry, Inorganic $\&$ Nuclear / Nuclear Science $\&$ Technology}, typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16}, UT = {WOS:000276838900002}, doi = {10.1524/ract.2010.1708}, url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/9815}, }