-5-
Rul06-Rp106,
The cations that were adsorbed onto the resin
were differentially removed next by passing 40 ml of 0.5
per cent oxalic acid and 40 ml each of 5 per cent ammonium
citrate solutions at pH 3.5, 4.1, 5.1, and 6.1 through the
column.
Oxalic acid removed cationic Zr95-Nb95 and Fe55,
Ammonium citrate at pH 3.5 removed Celd4_prld4 | Mn>4,
C057,58,60, ana zn65*.
Csi37,
ammonium citrate at pH 4.1 removed
No radioisotopes were detected in the pH 5.1 or
6.1 fractions when the fractions were counted for beta or
gamma activity.
The pH 3.5 fractions were dried, wet ashed and re-
dissolved in 5 ml of concentrated HCl (12M) and run through
a column (7 mm x 250 mm) of an anionic resin, Dowex 1, to
separate Mn, Co, and Zn from each other according to the
method of Kraus and Moore (15).
The sample was added to the
column and the fractions were eluted at a flow rate of 0.1
to 0.2 ml per minute.
12M, 6M,
The elutrients included 10 ml each of
4M, 2.5M, and 0.5M HCl, 20 ml of .005M HC1, and 10
ml of HoO.
Under the conditions of the experiment Mn54 vas
eluted in the 12M wash, Co27»58,60 in the 6M fraction, and
zn©5 in .005M HCl.
DOE ARCHIVES
From the fractions eluted out of the Dowex 50 column
one-ml aliquots
of the HC1 fractions were dried,
treated with
*These radioisotopes were subsequently separated from each
other on a second column.
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