Solid-liquid extraction of heavy rare-earths from phosphoric acid solutions using Tulsion CH-96 and T-PAR resins

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 138-144

  Nagaphani Kumar, B ^a   Radhika, S ^a   Ramachandra Reddy, B ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Heavy rare earths; Phosphoric acid; Separation factors; Solid liquid extraction; T PAR resin; Tulsion CH 96

Indexed keywords

ACID CONCENTRATIONS; AQUEOUS PHASE; BIFUNCTIONAL; DISTRIBUTION COEFFICIENT; HEAVY RARE-EARTHS; MACROPOROUS; METAL CONCENTRATIONS; METAL TRANSFERS; NATURAL ROCKS; PHOSPHINIC ACID; SEPARATION FACTORS; SOLID-LIQUID EXTRACTION; SOLID-PHASE EXTRACTION; TRACE CONCENTRATIONS; WET PHOSPHORIC ACIDS;

ACIDS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DYSPROSIUM; ERBIUM; HOLMIUM; ION EXCHANGE; LIQUIDS; LUTETIUM; METAL RECOVERY; METALS; PHOSPHORIC ACID; RESINS; TERBIUM; TERBIUM ALLOYS; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS; URANIUM; YTTERBIUM; YTTRIUM;

SOLVENT EXTRACTION;

EID: 77951100611     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2010.03.021     Document Type: Article

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