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Process for removing radioactive ruthenium from aqueous solution

US4938895A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 22, 1989
Grant dateJul 3, 1990
Priority date
Expiry dateFeb 22, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02P10/20
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The present invention relates to a process for removing radioactive ruthenium from an aqueous solution, comprising oxidizing the ruthenium in the aqueous solution of ruthenium tetroxide, extracting the resulting ruthenium tetroxide with a halogen-free aliphatic or alicyclic hydrocarbon solvent, allowing the ruthenium tetroxide to be reduced in the solvent, and separating the precipitated solid ruthenium dioxide.

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