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IAEA looks at nuclear techniques for crop resilience
The International Atomic Energy Agency has launched a five-year coordinated research project (CRP) to strengthen plant health preparedness using nuclear and related technologies.
Wheat blast, potato late blight, potato bacterial wilt, and cassava witches broom disease can spread quickly across large areas of land, leading to severe yield losses in key crops for food security. Global trade and climate change have increased the likelihood of rapid, transboundary spread.
J. C. Mailen
Nuclear Technology | Volume 52 | Number 2 | February 1981 | Pages 310-312
Technical Note | Chemical Processing | doi.org/10.13182/NT81-A32674
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An empirical equation has been developed that predicts nitric-acid extraction from aqueous nitric-acid/sodium-nitrate solutions by tri-n-butyl phosphate (TBP) solutions. The predicted nitric-acid concentrations in the organic phase, for both 20 and 30 vol% TBP, are generally within ±0.02 M units of the experimental values when the total nitrate molarity in the aqueous phase is 1 to 7 M. The equation also predicts the extraction of nitric acid from nitric-acid solutions with reasonable accuracy.