title: Electrochemical study of the mechanism of lanthanide extraction with thenoyltrifluoroacetone.
abstract: Current-scan polarography at the ascending-water electrode (AWE) was used to examine the electrochemical behavior of HTTA and La(3+), both in the absence and presence of neutral ligands, TOPO or MBDPO, and the light this sheds on the mechanism of extraction of lanthanides with HTTA, as well as the role played by mixed-ligand chelate formation.
authors.affiliation: Strategic Metals Recovery Research Facility, Department of Chemistry, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, U.S.A.
authors.forename: W H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Freiser