Open AccessBASIC STUDIES OF CHEMICAL STABILITY IN EXTRACTION SYSTEMS. I. THE EFFECT OF ZIRCONIUM NITRATE AND NITRIC ACID UPON THE CHEMICAL STABILITY OF TRIBUTYL PHOSPHATE
Author(s) -
A.J. Moffat,
Robert D. Thompson
Publication year - 1961
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/4007226
Subject(s) - tributyl phosphate , nitric acid , zirconium , chemistry , chemical stability , nitrate , inorganic chemistry , phosphate , extraction (chemistry) , chemical reaction , nuclear chemistry , chromatography , organic chemistry
The effect of extracted zirconium and nitric acid upon the chemical stability of tributyl phosphate was investigated using gas-liquid chromatography. Tributyl phosphate was degraded approximately 1000 times faster by the tributyl phosphate-zirconium reaction than by the tributyl phosphatenitric acid reaction. Normal butyl nitrate was the major volatile product for both systems studied; with extracted zirconium a solid complex corresponding to the formula Zr(NO/sub 3/ )/sub 2/(DBP)/sub 2/ was also obtained. (auth