SEPARATION AND DETERMINATION OF THORIUM IN URANIUM MINERALIZATIONS USING A MIXED ION EXCHANGE COLUMN BY ION CHROMATOGRAPHY | ||
| Nuclear Sciences Scientific Journal | ||
| Article 10, Volume 7, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 165-176 PDF (364.09 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/nssj.2018.30737 | ||
| Author | ||
| SHERIEN H. AHMED | ||
| Nuclear Materials Authority,Cairo, Egypt | ||
| Abstract | ||
| An ion chromatographic method for the separation and determination of thorium in uranium mineralizations has been developed using a mixed ion-exchange column; IonPac CS5A containing both cation and anion exchange sites. Selective separation of U(VI) and Th(IV) was performed by online gradient elution using two mobile phases of composition 0.1 M (NH4)2SO4 / 0.1M HCl and 0.2 M (NH4)2SO4 / 0.1 M HCl, respectively. Post-column spectrophotometric detection with 3 mM arsenazo III was then coupled at 655 nm. The separation factors between U and Th ions were found to be dependent on (NH4)2SO4 and HCl concentrations of the eluent constituents and to a much more extent on its flow rate. The optimized developed method has been validated by its application for the analysis of both uranium and thorium in a sample from Abu Rusheid mineralization that is considered as a reference material and has then been used for the analysis of a mineralized sample from Abu Zeneima area. | ||
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