B. Kubica

Application of a nickel hexacyanoferrate(II) composite ion exchanger to fast separation of Ra from Fr and Ba from Cs

Sorption studies of Ra, Ba, Fr and Cs on nickel hexacyanoferrate(II) composite ion exchanger from hydrochloric acid and EDTA solutions are presented.

Sorption of Hf, Zr and Nb on organic and inorganic ion-exchangers from mineral acids solutions

Sorption coefficients of Hf, Zr and Nb on nickel-potassium hexacyanoferrate(II) (NF), nickel hexacyanoferrate(II) composite ion exchanger (NCF) and on the ion exchange resins (Dowex-1 and Dowex-50) from inorganic acids solutions were determined. The results obtained indicate that hafnium, zirconium and niobium in dilute sulphuric and hydrochloric acids form anionic and cationic complexes which sorbed on the ion exchangers studied.

Sorption behaviour of rutherfordium and thorium from HCl/Hf containing aqueous solution

Abstract The sorption was studied of element 104 (rutherfordium, Rf) and thorium on the strongly acidic cation exchanger DOWEX 50×8. The experiments were carried out on-line. Rf is strongly retained on cation exchange resins from diluted HCl/HF solutions in a concentration range of 0.05 to 0.1 M HCl and HF concentrations up to 0.01 M. This behaviour is similar to its pseudohomologue thorium and very different from its lighter homologue hafnium which is desorbed from DOWEX 50×8 at HF concentrations above 10 −3 M. The tested ion exchange system is suitable for fast on-line separation of element 106 (seaborgium, Sg) from all other contaminations and its decay product Rf. It, therefore, allows the indirect identification of Sg.

Adsorption of Hf and Nb on copper and zinc hexacyanoferrate(II) from HCl and H2SO4 solutions

Sorption coefficients of Hf and Nb on cupric hexacyanoferrate and zinc hexacyanoferrate from inorganic acid solutions were determined. The results indicate that hafnium and niobium in sulphuric and hydrochloric acids form anionic and cationic complexes which are absorbed on the examined ion exchangers.