Homogeneous liquid-liquid extraction of rare earths with the betaine-betainium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide ionic liquid system

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 21353-21377

  Vander Hoogerstraete, Tom ^a   Onghena, Bieke ^a   Binnemans, Koen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Hydrometallurgy; Ionic liquids; Lanthanides; Neodymium; Phase transitions; Rare earths; Solvent extraction; Thermomorphic behavior; UCST

Indexed keywords

BETAINE; BETAINIUM BIS(TRIFLUOROMETHYLSULFONYL)IMIDE; CHLORIDE; CHLORINE; IONIC LIQUID; LANTHANIDE; NEODYMIUM; NITRATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ADDITION REACTION; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRESS; COOLING; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DISSOLUTION; HEATING; HOMOGENEOUS LIQUID LIQUID EXTRACTION; KINETICS; LIQUID LIQUID EXTRACTION; LIQUID VISCOSITY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PHYSICAL PHASE; PURIFICATION; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; UPPER CRITICAL SOLUTION TEMPERATURE; VISCOSITY;

BETAINE; IMIDES; IONIC LIQUIDS; LIQUID-LIQUID EXTRACTION; METALS, RARE EARTH; SULFONAMIDES; TEMPERATURE; VISCOSITY; WATER;

EID: 84886816925     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms141121353     Document Type: Article

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