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Extraction Chromatographic Behavior of Rf, Zr, and Hf in HCl Solution with Styrenedivinylbenzene Copolymer Resin Modified by TOPO (trioctylphosphine oxide)
A. Toyoshima,a,* Y. Kasamatsu,a,b K. Tsukada,a M. Asai,a Y. Ishii,a H. Toume,a I. Nishinaka,aT. K. Sato,a Y. Nagame,a M. Schädel,a,c H. Haba,b S. Goto,d H. Kudo,d K. Akiyama,e Y. Oura,eK. Ooe,f A. Shinohara,f K. Sueki,g and J. V. KratzhaAdvanced Science Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Tokai, Ibaraki 319-1195, Japan
Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science, RIKEN, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japanc
GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, D-64291 Darmstadt, GermanydFaculty of Science, Niigata University, Niigata 950-2181, Japane
Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Hachioji, Tokyo 192-0397, Japanf
Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japang
Department of Chemistry, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba 305-8571, JapanhInstitut für Kernchemie, Universität Mainz, D-55099 Mainz, GermanybReceived: May 19, 2010; In Final Form: June 9, 2010
The extraction behavior of rutherfordium (Rf) onto trioctylphosphine oxide (TOPO) resin from 2.0 – 7.0 M HCl
solutions was studied together with that of the homologues Zr and Hf. The extraction yields of Rf, Zr, and Hf
increased with an increase of HCl concentration, and the sequence of their extraction was Zr > Hf ≥ Rf. It is suggested that the stability of the RfCl4 ·2(TOPO) complex is lower than that of the corresponding species of thehomologues.

1. Introduction
It is of great interest to study chemical properties of thetransactinide elements with atomic numbers (Z) ≥ 104. One of
the most important subjects is to establish the position of theelements at the extreme end of the periodic table. To this end
we perform studies of chemical properties of these transactinides and compare them with those of their lighter homologues
and with the ones expected from extrapolations in the periodic
table. So far, chromatographic studies of the transactinides
have provided experimental proof of placing rutherfordium(Rf, Z = 104) through hassium (Hs, Z = 108) into groups 4 to 8,
respectively.1-10 Quite recently, copernicium (Cn, Z = 112) has
been shown to be a member of group 12.11 To gain a better
understanding, it is even more interesting to study chemical
properties of the transactinide elements in greater detail and tocompare those with the ones of their lighter homologues.
Theoretical calculations predict that the ground state electronic
structure of the heaviest elements varies due to strong relativistic effects. Accordingly, chemical properties of these elements
may deviate from those expected from linear extrapolations
based on lighter homologues.12-14 Systematically, detailed
chemical investigations are, therefore, required to characterizeproperties of the transactinide elements influenced by relativistic effects.
In general, rutherfordium shows chemical properties typicalfor a member of the group 4 of the periodic table.3-6 Chemical
studies of Rf in HCl solution have been extensively conducted
together with its lighter homologues Zr and Hf to compare
these group-4 elements.15-20 The formation of anionic chloride
species of Rf was investigated by anion-exchange chromatography in 4.0 – 11.5 M HCl 15 using the Automated Ion-exchange
separation apparatus coupled with the Detection system for
Alpha (α) spectroscopy (AIDA).15,20-22 These results show thatanionic complexes of the type [MCl6] 2- (M = Rf, Zr, and Hf)*Corresponding author. E-mail: toyoshima.atsushi@jaea.go.jp.
Fax: +81-29-282-5939

are formed and it suggests that the complexing strength
decreases in the order of Rf ≥ Zr > Hf.15 The extraction behavior of Rf and its homologues into tri-n-butyl phosphate (TBP)
from HCl has been also investigated.17-20 Czerwinski et al. first
performed the extraction of Rf, Zr, and Hf from 8 – 12 M HCl
into 0.25 M TBP benzene solution and reported that the extraction yields of these elements increase as a function of HCl concentration in the order of Zr > Rf > Hf.17 This order wasafterwards revised by Kacher et al. to Zr > Hf > Rf > Ti bycomparing the extraction yields of Rf with the reexamined
extraction data of Ti, Zr, and Hf.18 Günther et al. then showed
the extraction sequence into TBP from 8.0 M HCl to be Zr >Rf > Hf.19 Here reversed-phase chromatography experiments
using the Automated Rapid Chemistry Apparatus (ARCA) 23
were carried out, and the earlier results reported in References
17 and 18 were criticized because of their unsatisfactory experimental conditions.19 Recently, we performed TBP reversedphase extraction chromatography of Rf and its homologues in
7.2 – 8.0 M HCl using AIDA. The extraction order Zr > Hf ≈Rf 20 was found, which suggested that the stability of theextracted TBP complex of Rf (RfCl4 ·2TBP) is lower than thoseof Zr and Hf. This interpretation was based on the different
sequences in the TBP extraction and in the anion-exchange15,
assuming that the sequence of the formation of MCl4 in HCl
solution is the same as that of [MCl6] 2-.
In the present work, the extraction behavior of Rf into trioctylphosphine oxide (TOPO) from 2.0 – 7.0 M HCl solutions
was investigated together with Zr and Hf. Trioctylphosphineoxide has a chemical structure similar to that of TBP and has ahigher basicity value as a donor (8.9) 24,25 than that of TBP(0.16).24,25 The effect of the basicity of organophosphorus compounds on the strength of the formation of a Rf complex was
examined by comparing the extraction sequence of the group-4
elements into TOPO with that into TBP.20 Distribution coefficients (Kd) [mL g-1] of 88Zr and 175Hf from HCl onto TOPO
resin were measured prior to the experiment with Rf applying abatch method. Reversed-phase chromatography of Rf was theninvestigated in 2.0 – 7.0 HCl together with Zr and Hf using© 2010 The Japan Society of Nuclear and Radiochemical Sciences
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AIDA.
2. Experimental
2.1. Batch experiment. The radioisotopes 88 Zr (T1/2 =83.4 d) and 175Hf (T1/2 = 70.2 d) were produced in the 89Y(p, 2n)
and 175Lu(p, n) reactions, respectively, at the JAEA tandem
accelerator. The produced radioisotopes were chemically separated from the target materials by an anion-exchange method15
and were then stored as 11.6 M HCl solution. The concentration of the HCl solution was determined by titration with astandardized Na2CO3 solution.
The TOPO resin was prepared by modifying a support material with TOPO dodecane solution. The support material was
MCI GEL CHP20Y, a styrene-divinylbenzene copolymer witha particle size of about 30 µm and supplied by Mitsubishi
Chemical Corporation. The weighted amount of TOPO dodecane solution was mixed with the same amount of CHP20Y
resin and stirred for 10 min. We precisely adjusted the weightratio of resin to the dodecane solution to be 50%. The prepared
TOPO resin was then stored in a desiccator.
The stability and uniformity of TOPO on CHP20Y wasexamined by measuring extraction yields of 88Zr and 175Hf on
the TOPO resin against storage time for several days. No variation of extraction yields versus the storage time was observedfor Zr and Hf, showing that the resin is satisfactorily prepared.
In the batch experiment, individual portions of 10 to 100 mg of
the resin and 2.0 mL of 1.0 to 11.6 M HCl solution containing
50 µL of the radiotracer solution were mixed in a polypropylene tube for 1 h at 22 ± 1 oC. After centrifuging, a 1 mL aliquot was transferred to a polyethylene tube and was thensubjected to γ-ray spectrometry using a Ge detector. A standard solution sample prepared by diluting 50 µL of the radiotracer solution to 1 mL with water in a polyethylene tube was
assayed by γ-ray spectrometry. Control experiments were also
performed to exclude adsorption of the radiotracers on thewalls of the tubes. The numbers of 88Zr and 175Hf atoms used
for each batch experiment were about 109. The Kd is defined as
Kd (mL g-1) = ArVs / AsWr with solution volume Vs, weight of dry
resin Wr, and the radioactivities Ar and As (Bq) in the resin andsolution phases, respectively.
2.2. Production of short-lived radioisotopes. The isotope
261
Rf (T1/2 = 78 s)26 was produced in the 248Cm(18O, 5n) reaction
at the JAEA tandem accelerator. It is important to investigate
the chemical behavior of Rf together with that of the homologues under identical conditions in order to make a reliable
comparison among the group-4 elements. Thus, 169Hf (T1/2 =3.24 min) was simultaneously produced in the Gd(18O, xn)
reactions to monitor the chemical behavior and the yield of Hf
during repetitive chromatographic experiments with Rf. The
248
Cm target of 540 µg cm -2 thickness including Gd with athickness of 32 µg/cm 2 (the isotopic composition was 39.3%
152
Gd, 5.9% 154 Gd, 16.7% 155Gd, 13.8% 156 Gd, 7.7% 157Gd,
10.0% 158Gd, and 6.6% 160Gd) was prepared by electrodeposition of a Cm compound in 2-propyl alcohol onto a 1.80 mg cm-2
beryllium backing foil. The 106.6-MeV 18O projectiles passed
through a 1.99 mg cm-2 HAVAR vacuum window, 0.09 mg cm-2
He cooling gas, and the Be backing foil before entering the target material. The beam energy in the middle of the target was
94 MeV. At this energy the excitation function of the248
Cm(18O, 5n)261Rf reaction has the maximum cross section of
13 ± 3 nb.27 The average beam intensity was 280 nA (particle).
Under these conditions approximately 2 atoms min-1 of 261Rf
were produced.
The nuclides 85Zr (T1/2 = 7.86 min) and 169Hf were simultaneously produced in the natGe(18O, xn) and natGd(18O, xn) reactions, respectively, to examine their elution behavior under theidentical conditions as compared with 261Rf. The 370 µg cm-2
thick natGd target was prepared by electrodeposition on a 2.65

-2

nat

mg cm Be backing foil. The resulting Gd target was covered by vacuum-evaporated natGe of 660 µg cm-2 thickness.
Nuclear reaction products recoiling out of the target were
stopped in He gas (~105 Pa), attached to KCl aerosols generated
by sublimation of KCl powder at 640 oC, and were continuously transported to AIDA through a Teflon capillary of 2.0
mm i.d. and 25 m length at a flow rate of 2.0 L min-1. The
transport efficiency of the He/KCl gas-jet system was estimated to be 35%.27
2.3. On-line reversed-phase chromatography of 261Rf,
85
Zr, and 169Hf. The reaction products transported by the gasjet were collected on the deposition site of AIDA for 125 s.
After collection, all deposited products were dissolved with190 µL of 11.6 M HCl solution heated in a water bath at 95 oC
and were subsequently fed onto the 1.6 mm i.d. and 7.0 mm
long TOPO column at a flow rate of 700 µL min-1. The TOPO
resin used was a mixture of the same amount of CHP20Y and
0.04 M TOPO in dodecane and it was preconditioned with 190µL of 11.6 M HCl solution. The effluent from the column was
discarded. Then, 210 µL HCl with a concentration of 2.0, 3.5,
5.0, or 7.0 M, respectively, was fed into the column at a flowrate of 700 µL min-1. The effluent was collected on a Ta disc
as fraction 1. Then it was evaporated to dryness with hot He
gas and a halogen heat lamp to prepare a sample for α-spectrometry. Reaction products remaining on the TOPO resin
were stripped from the column with 350 µL of 2.0 M HCl at aflow rate of 1000 µL min-1. This effluent was collected onanother Ta disc and was prepared as fraction 2 by evaporation
to dryness. Each Ta disc was transferred to the α-spectrometry
station of AIDA equipped with eight 600 mm 2 passivatedimplanted planar silicon (PIPS) detectors. Counting efficiency
and energy resolution of the detectors were 35% and about 90
keV FWHM, respectively. All events were registered event by
event. After the α-particle measurement, the 493 keV γ-ray of169
Hf was monitored using Ge detectors for every third pair of
Ta discs to determine the extraction probability and the chemical yield. The percent extraction (%ext) on the resin is defined
as %ext = 100 A2 / (A1 + A2) with the radioactivities A1 and A2(Bq) in fractions 1 and 2, respectively.
In experiments with 85Zr and 169Hf, reaction products transported by the He/KCl gas-jet were collected on the depositionsite of AIDA for 180 s. The same procedure as used in the Rfexperiments was applied to Zr and Hf. The effluent was fractionated in seven aliquots which were separately collected inseven polyethylene tubes. Remaining products on the column
were stripped with 350 µL of 2.0 M HCl and were collected ina separate tube. For each tube the 416 keV and 370 keV γ-raysof 85Zr and 169Hf, respectively, were measured to obtain theirelution curves. The number of 85Zr and 169Hf atoms used in theextraction chromatography was approximately 106.
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Batch experiment of 88Zr and 175Hf. Figure 1 shows
Kd values of 88Zr and 175Hf extracted onto the 0.1 M TOPO
resin as a function of HCl concentration [HCl]. Extraction
yields of 88Zr are higher than those of 175Hf. The Kd values of88
Zr and 175Hf increase with increasing of HCl concentration.
This indicates that the formation of the extractable neutral
chloride species increases through successive chloride complex
formation. Figure 2 shows the variation of Kd values for Zr andHf extraction from 4.0 and 6.0 M HCl as a function of the
TOPO concentration [TOPO] on the resin which represents theconcentration of TOPO in dodecane used to modify CHP20Y
resin. Extraction yields of both 88Zr and 175Hf increase withincreasing TOPO concentration; the logKd values increase linearly with log[TOPO] with average slopes of 2.2 ± 0.2 and 2.0± 0.2 for 88Zr and 175Hf, respectively.
Based on molar ratio measurements of Zr to Cl in 3 – 6 M

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106

120
Eluted radioactivity / %

88Zr

105
Kd / mL g-1

9

175Hf

104
103
102
101

100
80
60

85Zr (2.0 M)
169Hf (2.0 M)

40

85Zr (3.5 M)
169Hf (3.5 M)

2085Zr (5.0 M)
169Hf (5.0 M)

100

0
0

2

4
6
8
HCl concentration / M

10

12

105
175Hf in 4.0 M HCl

Kd / mL g-1

88Zr in 6.0 M HCl
175Hf in 6.0 M HCl

103
102
101

10-2
10-1
TOPO concentration / M

100

Figure 2. Variations of the Kd values for 88Zr and 175Hf in 4.0 M and
6.0 M HCl solutions as a function of the TOPO concentration.

HCl, W h it e a nd Ross fou nd t hat Z r is ext ract e d a s
ZrCl4 ·2(TOPO).28 Therefore, the extraction reaction of theneutral species can be written as
MCl4 + 2TOPO ⇄ MCl4 ·2(TOPO)(1)

with the equilibrium constant D, where M symbols Zr and Hf.
From equation 1, the relation of Kd with the concentration of
TOPO is expressed as
logKd = logD + 2log[TOPO].

400
600
Eluted volume / µL

800

1000

into the TOPO resin according to equation (2).
3.2. On-line experiment of 261Rf, 85Zr, and 169Hf. Figure 3
shows cumulative elution curves of 85Zr and 169Hf in 2.0, 3.5,
and 5.0 M HCl. It is found that the extraction of 85Zr and 169Hf
onto the TOPO resin increases with increasing HCl concentration. This is consistent with previous batch experiment.
Results of the reversed-phase chromatography of 261Rf and169
Hf are summarized in Table 1. In a total of 936 separation
cycles, 110 α-singles from 261Rf and 257No including 18 α-αpairs of 261Rf and 257No were detected. Before determining the%ext values of 261Rf firstly we evaluated contributions frombackground α-singles and from 257No which can be formed as
the α-decay product of 261Rf already during the collection andthe chromatographic experiment. An average backgroundmeasured in a long time interval before the Rf experiment was
3.2 × 10 -6 counts/s for each detector in the energy range of 8.00
- 8.36 MeV. The contribution of 257No (T1/2 = 25 s)29 was evaluated based on calculated growth and decay of 261Rf and 257No
as well as on the extraction of nobelium. Because the distribution ratios of Sr2+ and Ca2+ into TOPO from 1 to 12 M HCl are
10 -3 - 10 -4,30 the extraction of No2+ ions is negligible under our
experimental conditions. Within counting statistics the measured ratio of 110 : 18 (= 6.1 : 1) between α-singles and α-αcorrelation pairs agrees well with the estimated value of 7 : 1.
Observed decay rates of 261Rf divided by the 18O-beam doses
and normalized with the chemical yields obtained from Hf are,within counting statistics, almost the same under all conditions, showing a good reproducibility of the chromatographic
experiments. The asymmetric error limits of the %ext valuesof 261Rf were evaluated from the counting statistics of theobserved α-events based on a 68% confidence level (1σ) for
Poisson distributed variables.31 The %ext values for 85Zr and169
Hf were evaluated from their chromatogram. Errors are
standard deviations from the weighted average of the %ext values.

88Zr in 4.0 M HCl

100
10-3

200

Figure 3. Cumulative elution curves of 85Zr and 169Hf in 2.0, 3.5, and
5.0 M HCl (see text).

Figure 1. Variations of the Kd values for 88Zr and 175Hf on the 0.1 M
TOPO resin as a function of HCl concentration.

104

0

(2)

Thus, the slopes of +2 obserbed for 88Zr and 175Hf in our experiment confirm that the MCl4 ·2(TOPO) compound is extracted

TABLE 1: Summary of the chromatography experiment for 261Rf and 169Hf
HCl / M
2.0

Beam dose Number of
Cycles× 10170.54144α-count in frac. 1
α
24

α−α
6

α-count in frac. 2
α
2

α−α
0

ChemicalYield / %28 ± 7%ext / %
261

169

Rf

10.2

+8.0

Hf

-5.7

11.6 ± 7.4

+8.5

3.5
5.0

1.09
1.27

252
360

24
6

2
1

12
22

3
4

28 ± 1126 ± 441.8 -8.7
86.3 +4.2-5.8

57.2 ± 7.5
99.1 ± 8.3

7.0

0.57

180

2

0

18

2

34 ± 2

95.3 +4.0-6.5

99.5 ± 6.4

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supported in part by the JAEA-University Collaboration
Research Project and the Program on the Scientific Cooperation
between JAEA and GSI in Research and Development in the
Field of Ion Beam Application.

120
100

%ext

80
60
40

261

Rf (Cm/Gd)

169

Hf (Cm/Gd)

85

20
0

Zr (Ge/Gd)

169

1

2

3

4

5

Hf (Ge/Gd)

6

HCl concentration / M

78

Figure 4. Variations of percent extraction (%ext) values of 261Rf,
85
Zr, and 169Hf on 0.04 M TOPO as a function of HCl concentration.
The Cm/Gd and Ge/Gd represent the targets used for producing
261
Rf/169Hf and 85Zr/169Hf, respectively.

Figure 4 shows %ext values of 261Rf, 85Zr, and 169Hf onto
0.04 M TOPO resin as a function of HCl concentration. The%ext values of 261Rf and 169Hf, simultaneously produced with amixed Cm/Gd target, are depicted by closed circles and closed
squares, respectively, while those of 85Zr and 169Hf, obtainedwith a mixed Ge/Gd target, are shown by open triangles andopen squares, respectively. The extraction yield of Rf increases
with increasing HCl concentration between 2.0 and 7.0 M similar to the behavior of Zr and Hf. The extraction of Rf as wellas Zr and Hf into TOPO occurs at lower concentrations of HCl
as compared with the extraction into TBP (> 7 M HCl).17-20
This is due to the higher basicity of TOPO compared to TBP.
Extraction probabilities of Rf into TOPO are nearly the sameas or slightly lower than those of Hf and are clearly lower thanthose of Zr. The extraction order is Zr > Hf ≥ Rf, which is asimilar trend as the one observed previously in TBP.20 The
similar extraction behavior of Rf to that of Zr and Hf suggeststhat Rf is also extracted as RfCl4 ·2(TOPO) through the same
extraction reaction equation (1) as those of Zr and Hf.
Assuming that the formation sequence of extractable tetrachloride complexes of Rf, Zr, and Hf in HCl solution is thesame as that of the hexachlorides (Rf > Zr > Hf)15 previously
demonstrated from the anion-exchange15 and EXAFS studies,32
the stability of the TOPO complex of Rf (RfCl4 ·2TOPO) islower than those of the Zr and Hf complexes, which is the same
trend as that observed in the TBP extraction. Therefore, nosignificant difference in the relative stabilities of the extracted
complexes of these group-4 elements is observed between theformation of TBP and TOPO complexes. This indicates thatthe extraction sequences between Rf, Zr, and Hf from HCl
solution into TBP and TOPO do not strongly depend on thebasicity of the extractant.
4. Conclusion
The extraction probabilities of Rf into TOPO from 2.0 to 7.0
M HCl solution increased with an increase of HCl concentration and the extraction order of the group-4 elements Rf, Zr,
and Hf into TOPO was Zr > Hf ≥ Rf. This suggests that thestability of the RfCl4 ·2(TOPO) complex is lower than that of
the corresponding species of Zr and Hf. A basicity effect in
the formation of TOPO and TBP complexes was not observedin the extraction sequence among Rf, Zr, and Hf in HCl.
Acknowledgement. The authors express their gratitude to
the crew of the JAEA tandem accelerator for their invaluableassistance in the course of these experiments. This work was

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