I want to do some RAFT polymerizations but dont have a nitrogen line at the moment. It seems that people have recently implemented oxygen scavenging strategies to enable open-air RAFT polymerization. In Ref. 1-4 and many similar references, people have used ascorbic acid or trithiocarbonate/blue ...

I am searching for a reason, why organic solvent in PUREX consists of 30% tributyl phosphate (TBP) in kerosene. Why kerosene (or another hydrocarbon)? What properties does it have? What exactly does kerosene do in the organic phase?