QUEIROZ, CARLOS A. da S.ROCHA, SORAYA M.R. daPEDREIRA, WALTER R.SENEDA, JOSE A.LOBO, RAQUEL M.S. FILHO, WALTER2014-11-192014-11-192015-04-012014-11-192014-11-192015-04-01QUEIROZ, CARLOS A. da S.; ROCHA, SORAYA M.R. da; PEDREIRA, WALTER R.; SENEDA, JOSE A.; LOBO, RAQUEL M.; FILHO, WALTER S. Obtaining pure praseodymium acetate to use in researches and development. In: ENCONTRO DA SBPMAT - SOCIEDADE BRASILEIRA DE PESQUISA EM MATERIAIS, 9., 24-28 de outubro, 2010, Ouro Preto, MG. <b>Resumos...</b> Disponível em: http://repositorio.ipen.br/handle/123456789/21261.http://repositorio.ipen.br/handle/123456789/21261This paper presents a simple and economical procedure to obtain high purity praseodymium acetate. The raw material in the form of mixed rare earths carbonate comes from a industrial separation of rare earths, thorium and uranium in the brasilian monazite. It is used the tecnique of strong cation exchange resin, proper to water treatment, to the praseodymium's fractionation and it is achieved a purity of 99.9% in Pr6O11 and yield greater than or equal 60%, with the elution of rare earths by EDTA solution in pH controlled. The complex of EDTA-praseodymium is transformed in praseodymium oxide, subsequently the oxide is dissolved in acetic acid to obtain the praseodymium acetate. The molecular absorption spectrophotometry tecnique is used to monitoring the praseodymium content during the process and mass spectrometry to certification the purity of the praseodymium acetate. The typical praseodymium acetate obtained presents the followings contaminants in micrograms per gram: Sc(18.20±0.22); Y (20.20 ± 0.20); La (6.75 ± 0.81); Ce (26.10 ± 0.70); Nd (3.31 ± 0.63); Sm (18.30 ± 0.80); Eu (17.00 ± 0.90); Gd (19.40 ± 0.40); Tb (16.30 ± 0.50); Dy (16.90 ± 0.50), Ho(17.90 ± 0.10); Er (18.40 ± 0.70); Tm (16.90 ± 0.10); Yb (17.60 ± 0.60); Lu (17.70 ± 0.50). The high purity praseodymium acetate comes being applied, replacing the imported product, in research and development area on rare earth catalysts.openAccessacetatespraseodymiumion exchangemoleculesabsorption spectraspectrophotometersResumo de eventos científicos