The Chelate Process:  [Part] 5.  Investigation in Horizontal Extractors (open access)

The Chelate Process: [Part] 5. Investigation in Horizontal Extractors

The recovery of plutonium has been demonstrated in a laboratory countercurrent horizontal extractor using the TTA process. Using three extractive stages and two washing stages in each step, a recovery of 91 percent has been obtained in the chelation step and a recovery of 99.9+ percent in the de-chelation step. With five extractive stages, recoveries of 94-98 percent have been found for the chelation step.
Date: July 29, 1949
Creator: Hicks, T. E.; Rubin, B. & Vermeulen, T.
System: The UNT Digital Library