Uranyl tribenzoate, formed in benzoate-benzoic acid media, was extracted into chloroform in combination with quaternary ammonium salts (DMBPAC, TEBAC and TEPAC) at pH 2.5-5.5 in the ratio of 1:1. The plot of logD against pH indicated third power dependence of pH. Similar plots of logD vs. log[B-] also showed a slope of 3. The ratio of uranyl, benzoate and quaternary ammonium was 1:3:1; thus it is suggested that uranyl tribenzoate had formed an ion association complex with quaternary ammonium cations.
The extraction of uranium is seriously impaired by the presence of WO24-(10
-3M) and Cu(II)(10
-2M), and these impurities must be carefully eliminated. Over 90% of U was extracted in the presence of Fe(III), La(III), Sr(II), Ca(II), Mg(II), Ni(II), Zn(II), Co(III), (10
-2M each), AsO33-(10
-3M) or Th(IV)(10
-3M). Uranium in the chloroform was quantita- tively back extracted with 0.5M sulfuric acid, and was determined by polarographic method.
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