Praseodymium, separation of mixtures with lanthanum from

Praseodymium, separation of mixtures with lanthanum from monazite, as magnesium nitrate double salt, 2 56, 67 Praseodymium (III) nitrate, analysis of anhydrous, 5 41 Praseodymium (III) oxide, for synthesis of nitrate, 5 39w. Precipitates, apparatus for removing liquid from, 8 16 Purpureochromic chloride, 2 196 6 138... 

The final answer came from the atomic pile. J. A. Marinsky, L. E. Glendenin, and C. D. Coryell at the Clinton Laboratories at Oak Ridge (20) obtained a mixture of fission products of uranium which contained isotopes of yttrium and the entire group of rare earths from lanthanum through europium. Using a method of ion-exchange on Amberlite resin worked out by E. R. Tompkins, J. X. Khym, and W. E. Cohn (21) they were able to obtain a mixture of praseodymium, neodymium, and element 61, and to separate the latter by fractional elution from the Amberlite column with 5 per cent ammonium citrate at pH 2.75. Neutron irradiation of neodymium also produced 61. 

D. W. Bareis, a Continuous Fission Product Separation Process. I. Removal of the Rare Earths Lanthanum, Cerium, Praseodymium, and Neodymium) from a Typical Liquid Bismuth—Uranium Reactor Fuel by Contact with Fused LiCl-KCl Mixture, USAEC Report BNL-125, Brookhaven National Laboratory, 1951. 

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