Neil J. Williams, Chi-Linh Do-Thanh, Joseph J. Stankovich, Huimin Luo and Sheng Dai
RSC Adv., 2015,5, 107054-107057
DOI:
10.1039/C5RA23443C,
Communication
The ability to selectively extract lanthanides is crucial in hydrometallurgy and the nuclear fuel cycle. The capabilities of 1-hydroxy-6-N-octylcarboxamido-2(1H)-pyridinone (octyl-HOPO) as an extractant for the separation of lanthanides and actinides were studied for the first time. Octyl-HOPO greatly outperformed the traditional ligand di-2-ethylhexyl phosphoric acid (DEHPA).