Abstract:
CyMe
4-BTBP (6, 6′-bis(5, 5, 8, 8-tetramethyl-5, 6, 7, 8-tetrahydrobenzoe1, 2, 4triazin-3-yl)-2, 2′-bipyridine) is a promising extractant for separating An(Ⅲ) from Ln(Ⅲ) in spent fuel reprocessing due to its great selectivity for An(Ⅲ) over Ln(Ⅲ). With optimized procedure, CyMe
4-BTBP was synthesized by using 2, 2′-bipyridine and ester as starting materials, and the purity is 99.5% determined by HPLC. Macroporous silica-based CyMe
4-BTBP/SiO
2-P was prepared by the impregnation and immobilization of CyMe
4-BTBP into the pores of silica-based resin SiO
2-P and characterized by BET, SEM and FT-IR. The effect of the HNO
3 concentration, the CyMe
4-BTBP loading on the adsorbent and the contact time on the adsorption of Am(Ⅲ) and Eu(Ⅲ) was investigated. The adsorption behavior of Am(Ⅲ) and Eu(Ⅲ) on CyMe
4-BTBP/SiO
2-P is different both in thermodynamics and dynamics. The results show that with trace amount of metal ions in aqueous solution and 2.4%-9.1% CyMe
4-BTBP on SiO
2-P, the adsorption of Am(Ⅲ) is much stronger than that of Eu(Ⅲ) and the separation factor is over 100 in 0.1-4 mol/L HNO
3 solution.