TY - JOUR ID - 242137 TI - Transport Mechanism of Thorium(IV) through a Polymer Inclusion Membrane Containing Di-(2-Ethylhexyl)Phosphoric Acid as Carrier JO - Nashrieh Shimi va Mohandesi Shimi Iran JA - NSMSI LA - en SN - 1022-7768 AU - alamdar milani, saeed AU - Arabi, Hamid Reza AD - Material and Nuclear Fuel Cycle Research School, Nuclear Science and Technology Research Institute, AEOI, Tehran, I.R. IRAN AD - Faculty of Chemical Engineering, Campus of Technical Faculties, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran Y1 - 2022 PY - 2022 VL - 41 IS - 2 SP - 183 EP - 196 KW - Polymer inclusion membrane (PIM) KW - Thorium (IV) transport KW - Jumpping mechanism KW - D2EHPA KW - Kinetics DO - N2 - The paper, presents an analysis of the mechanism of thorium ions (IV) transfer in a polymer inclusion  membrane (PIM). A PIM membrane containing polyvinyl chloride (PVC) as the base polymer­, and Di-(2-ethylhexyl) phosphoric acid (D2EHPA) as extracting agent (carrier) was used for the recovery of Th(IV) ions in nitric acid medium. First of all, the influence of the carrier concentration as an important parameter in the transport efficiency was investigated. Also, the aqueous phase parameters including the initial concentration of thorium (IV) and pH of the feed phase, the strippiing phase acid concentration were evaluated. Regardless of  the initial concentration of thorium (IV), for experimental conditions, 45% Wt of D2EHPA, was found as the optimal value of carrier concentration, for which the process was the most effective. Studies on the transport kinetics and transport mechanism of Th(IV) ions carried out and the results showed that the transport of Th(IV) across PIM was consistent with the first order kinetics equation and the “jumping” mechanism for the experimental conditions was concluded as the dominant transport mechanism. UR - https://www.nsmsi.ir/article_242137.html L1 - https://www.nsmsi.ir/article_242137_d473decadb5ad3064515f4d8b281e2fe.pdf ER -