Studies of the Chemistry of Systems Involving Water, Hydrogen Peroxide and Plutonium (IV) Nitrate in Tri-n-Butyl Phosphate

Author

Lawrence J. Mullins Jr.

Publication Date

5-28-1957

Abstract

The reaction of tri-n-butyl phosphate (TBP), with water and hydrogen peroxide is studied by means of distribution experiments. The solubility of water in TBP-hexane, at low TBP concentrations, is consistent with the premise that H₂O•TBP is the principal solvate species formed at low hydrogen peroxide concentrations. The distribution data at high hydrogen peroxide concentrations indicate that another species such as H₂O₂•TBP is also present.

Language

English

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Chemistry

Level of Degree

Doctoral

Department Name

Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology

First Committee Member (Chair)

John Francis Suttle

Second Committee Member

Jesse LeRoy Riebsomer

Third Committee Member

Robert A. Penneman

Fourth Committee Member

Milton Kahn

Fifth Committee Member

Ernest Lynne Martin

Sixth Committee Member

Thomas T. Castonguay

Recommended Citation

Mullins, Lawrence J. Jr.. "Studies of the Chemistry of Systems Involving Water, Hydrogen Peroxide and Plutonium (IV) Nitrate in Tri-n-Butyl Phosphate." (1957). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/chem_etds/132