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Automated 90Sr Separation and Preconcentration in a Lab-on-Valve System at Ppq Level
Published on: June 6, 2018
Sequential separation of Fe and Sr from liquid samples by using Sr resin and rapid determination of ⁵⁵Fe and
Zeljko Grahek1, Ivana Milanović, Marijana Nodilo
1Ruđer Bošković Institute, Bijenička 54, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia. zgrahek@irb.hr
Abstract:
The obtained results showed that the Sr resin can be used for the chromatographic separation of Fe (III) and Sr (II) ions by using a mixture of HCl and HNO3. It was shown that the binding strength of Fe (III) decreases with increasing concentration of HNO3 while the binding strength of Sr (II) increases. It was found that the optimal bonding strength is achieved in 6 mol/L HCl:3 mol/L HNO3 and varying concentrations of acid in the mixture allow their selective separation. On basis of these results, a method for the separation of (55)Fe and (89,90)Sr from liquid samples which consists of binding of Fe and Sr on Sr resin and separation from a number of elements by 6 mol/L HCl:3 mol/L HNO3 and their mutual separation by eluting of Sr with 4 mol/L HCl is established. The method enables efficient simultaneous separation (with high recovery) of (89,90)Sr and (55)Fe and in combination with Čerenkov counting rapid determination of (89,90)Sr.
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