Extraction of cesium and barium by dicarbollide and polyethylene glycol in the presence of alkylammonium cations

The extraction of cesium and barium cations into nitrobenzene and 60% (vol.%) nitrobenzene +40% CCl₄ mixture in the presence of dicarbollide (+Slovafol 909), and primary alkylammonium cations has been studied. Extraction constants determined for three methylammonium cations correlate well with their hydration enthalpies. Reverse order of the hydrophobicity of methylammonium cations (competition with bare Cs⁺ ion) and of their tendency to enter the polyethylene glycol complex (competition with polyethylene glycol complexed Cs⁺ and Ba²⁺ ions) is recorded. The possibility of the regeneration of the organic phase after stripping of Cs⁺ and Ba²⁺ ions with methylammonium cations has been investigated.