N’-tetrabutyladipicamide (TBAA) were studied. The effects of nitric acid concentration
TBAA concentration
temperature and salting-out agent (LiNO3) on distribution coefficients of U(Ⅵ) and Th(Ⅳ)
and back extraction behaviours of U(Ⅵ)and Th(Ⅳ) from organic phase were observed. The compositions of complex are UO2(NO3)2·TBAA and Th(NO3)4· TBAA. At lower acidity
the main extraction species of HNO3 with TBAA is HNO3· TBAA; but at higher acidity
the species include HNO3· (TBAA)2
TBAA· HNO3 and TBAA· (HNO3)2. The superficial equilibrium constants and thermodynamical functions of the extraction reactions were also calculated.