Liquid-phase studies of seaborgium using the automated liquid-liquid extraction system SISAK

Omtvedt, J. P.*; Oe, Kazuhiro; Lerum, H. V.*; Toyoshima, Atsushi; Haba, Hiromitsu*; Tsukada, Kazuaki  ; Kratz, J. V.*; Nagame, Yuichiro ; Schdel, M.

We are planning to investigate the redox potentials of element 106, seaborgium, with a combination of the automated liquid-liquid extraction system SISAK and a flow electrolytic column. In order to combine these two apparatuses, we need to reduce the liquid flow-rate of the SISAK system. In this study, a new degasser, which works with a lower flow rate, was developed for SISAK. It separates the gas-liquid mixture using a hydrophobic Teflon membrane (only the gas can go through the membrane). Using this new degasser, dissolution efficiencies of gas-jet transported products were measured. A high yield of around 80% was observed at a flow rate of 0.1 mL/s with a mixer for the gas-liquid mixing. This result has never been achieved with the conventional SISAK degasser. This is an important step forward with respect to combining the SISAK system with a flow electrolytic column for performing redox experiments on Sg.