Gas chromatographic study of complexing in the system hydrazoic acid-tributyl phosphate-nitric acid-uranyl nitrate

J Chromatogr A. 1999 Oct 22;859(1):41-8. doi: 10.1016/s0021-9673(99)00813-4.

Abstract

Elution gas chromatography has been used to study complexing of hydrazoic acid with tributyl phosphate (TBP) in hexadecane solution in the presence of nitric acid and/or uranyl nitrate. The study covered the temperature range 298-338 K, with concentrations of either additive up to 0.41 mol dm(-3). The results for hydrazoic acid elution at infinite dilution establish (a) that stoichiometry of the TBP-HNO3 complex is 1:1 and (b) that both 2:1 and 1:1 TBP-UO2(NO3)2 complexes co-exist in the system, the latter increasing in amount as the temperature is raised. Both HNO3 and UO2(NO3)2 act simply to reduce the amount of TBP free to form the 1:1 TBP-HN3 complex. Stability constants for the equilibrium UO2(NO3)2 TBP+TBP4<-->UO2(NO3)2 x 2TBP are presented.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Azides / chemistry*
  • Chromatography, Gas / methods*
  • Nitric Acid / chemistry*
  • Organophosphates / chemistry*
  • Uranyl Nitrate / chemistry*

Substances

  • Azides
  • Organophosphates
  • Uranyl Nitrate
  • Nitric Acid
  • hydrazoic acid
  • tributyl phosphate