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John F. Geldard, Leigh Phillips, Adolph L. Beyerlein
Nuclear Technology | Volume 70 | Number 3 | September 1985 | Pages 394-400
Technical Paper | Chemical Processing | doi.org/10.13182/NT85-A15965
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Distribution coefficient correlations for U(IV) and Pu(III) are obtained in terms of a modified form of the total nitrate ion salting strength that was successfully used to obtain distribution coefficient correlations for U(VI) and Pu(IV) in the earlier work of G. L. Richardson. The modification of salting strength was needed to account for the fact that the U(IV) distribution coefficients measured under conditions where U(VI) is present consistently fall below those obtained when it is absent. The correlations were incorporated into the mixer-settler computer model PUBG, and in the simulation of a 20-stage IB partitioning contactor, calculated product stream concentrations were in excellent agreement with experiment. Earlier mixersettler computer models, which failed to account for U(IV) distribution coefficients, predicted that U(IV) remained in the aqueous product stream, which is contrary to the experimental measurements.