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Probing the existence of uranyl trisulfate structures in the AMEX solvent extraction process
Tamir Sukhbaatar1, Magali Duvail1, Thomas Dumas2
1ICSM, CEA, CNRS, ENSCM, Univ Montpellier, Marcoule, France. sandrine.dourdain@cea.fr.
Abstract:
Knowledge of the complex microstructure in solvent extraction phases is mandatory for a full comprehension of ionic separation. Coupling EXAFS with MD simulations for uranyl extraction in sulfuric media with tertiary amine extractants enabled unravelling of the unprecedented uranyl tri-sulfate structure.
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