Separation of zirconium and hafnium via solvent extraction / by Derik Jacobus van der Westhuizen
Zirconium metal (Zr) is highly desirable as a cladding material for nuclear fuel rods in nuclear power plants, because of its very low nuclear absorption cross-section for thermal neutrons, however to use this Zr metal it has to be purified (<100 ppm) from the contained (1 – 3% wt) hafnium metal...
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North-West University
2012
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10394/5107 |