Water-soluble organophosphorus reagents for mineralization of heavy metals

摘要

The control of solubility of waste actinide ions by conversion to highly insolubel mineral phases has been demonstrated in the laboratory. Actinide metal ions are removed from neutral pH solutions by a combined ion exchange-decomposition-mineralization process based on the application of the naturally-occurring hydrolytically unstable polyphosphate organic compound phytic acid.