Application and Perspective of Ionic Liquids on Rare Earths Green Separation

Separation Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 223-232

  Liu, Yinghui ^a,b   Chen, Ji ^a   Li, Deqian ^a  

^a CHANGCHUN INSTITUTE OF APPLIED CHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Bif ILEs; extraction; ionic liquids; rare earths

Indexed keywords

ACID BASE; AMBERLITE XAD; AMMONIA-NITROGEN; BIF-ILES; BIFUNCTIONAL; CATION EXCHANGES; CO-EXISTING; EMISSION STANDARD; ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES; EXTRACTANTS; FACILE SYNTHESIS; FUNCTIONALIZED; HIGH-CONTENT; HIGH-TECH PRODUCTS; IMIDAZOLIUM CATION; INDUSTRIAL SEPARATION; LEACH LIQUORS; LIQUID/SOLID EXTRACTION; MERRIFIELD RESINS; N-HEPTANES; NEUTRAL COMPLEXES; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM; SEPARATION MATERIALS; SEPARATION TECHNIQUES; SOL-GEL SILICA;

ADSORPTION; EXTRACTION; IONIC LIQUIDS; LEACHING; POSITIVE IONS; RARE EARTHS; RESINS; SILICA; SOL-GELS;

SEPARATION;

EID: 84863122166     PISSN: 01496395     EISSN: 15205754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01496395.2011.635171     Document Type: Review

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