文摘
Equilibrium distribution of molybdenum, uranium, and certain fission products in extraction from nitric acid solutions with 0.2% solutions of hydroxamic acids in alcohols poorly soluble in water and the process kinetics were studied. Methods for the Mo stripping were examined. A small-size flowsheet allowing ~98% isolation of Mo in 6 h and its preconcentration by a factor of 15 with efficient separation from the main impurities (separation factors 500–10 000) was tested on an extraction rig with a model solution spiked with 99Mo and 125I. A batch procedure ensuring the 99Mo preconcentration by a factor of ~180 and separation from the impurities with the separation factor of 103–108 at a process time of 2 h was suggested and checked.Keywordsmolybdenum-99nitric acidextractionpurificationhydroxamic acidsn-alcohols