Extraction of rare earth elements from aqueous solutions using the ionic liquid trihexyltetradecylphosphonium 3-hydroxy-2-naphthoate
Andreas Gradwohl, J. Windisch, Matthias H. Weissensteiner, Bernhard K. Keppler, Wolfgang Kandioller, Franz Jirsa
Abstract
anion exchange. The leaching was in good agreement with literature values, showed a positive correlation with extraction efficacies, and ranged for all extractions between 0.8 and 1.2%. Remarkably, increasing the temperature from 20 °C to 30 °C had no significant influence on leaching.
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Aqueous solutionExtraction (chemistry)Leaching (pedology)ChemistryIonic liquidChromatographyRare-earth elementRare earthMineralogyPhysical chemistrySoil waterOrganic chemistryEnvironmental scienceCatalysisSoil scienceExtraction and Separation ProcessesIonic liquids properties and applicationsRadioactive element chemistry and processing